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ELOQUENCE

Pronunciation (US):

• ELOQUENCE (noun)
The noun ELOQUENCE has 1 sense:

1. powerful and effective language

Familiarity information: ELOQUENCE used as a noun is very rare.

• ELOQUENCE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Powerful and effective language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

eloquence; fluency; smoothness

Context examples:

his eloquence attracted a large congregation / fluency in spoken and written English is essential / his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police

Hypernyms ("eloquence" is a kind of...):

expressive style; style (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period)

"There are no small parts, only small actors."
(English proverb)
"The bird who has eaten cannot fly with the bird that is hungry."
(Native American proverb, Omaha)
"The greatest poorness is the lack of brains."
(Arabic proverb)
"Some work, others merely daydream."
(Corsican proverb)

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