ELOQUENT


Meaning of ELOQUENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ eləkwənt ]

1.

Speech or writing that is eloquent is well expressed and effective in persuading people.

I heard him make a very eloquent speech at that dinner.

ADJ

• elo‧quence

...the eloquence of his prose.

N-UNCOUNT

• elo‧quent‧ly

Jan speaks eloquently about her art.

ADV

2.

A person who is eloquent is good at speaking and able to persuade people.

He was eloquent about his love of books.

...one particularly eloquent German critic.

ADJ [ approval ]

• elo‧quence

I wish I’d had the eloquence of Helmut Schmidt.

N-UNCOUNT

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