ELOCUTION


Meaning of ELOCUTION in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

lesson

I was always terribly shy and I was sent to what were known as elocution lessons - to get me out of myself.

They sent her to London for elocution lessons and she grew into a lovely young lady.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A similar effort to learn elocution ended just as quickly.

I was always terribly shy and I was sent to what were known as elocution lessons - to get me out of myself.

In Darcy's Utopia it will be as normal to practise elocution as to brush your teeth.

Jay Gatsby would have noted his poise and elocution .

She had trained under Kate Rorke at the Guildhall, where she won the silver medal for elocution .

Study the elocution of, oh, &.

The lessons in singing and elocution had left her with a pretty powerful voice.

They sent her to London for elocution lessons and she grew into a lovely young lady.

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