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Her eloquent speech helped the audience understand why the old park mattered.
What does Eloquent mean?
Eloquent means expressing a meaning or feeling clearly and powerfully, through words or even a look or silence.
Dictionary definition
Expressing ideas or feelings clearly and powerfully in speech or writing, often in a moving or persuasive way. It also describes a look, gesture, silence or other nonverbal expression that strongly conveys a feeling or meaning.
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Eloquent in a sentence
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The letter was eloquent without using long or complicated words.
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His eloquent silence after the unfair remark showed how hurt he felt.
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Why might a short, plain speech be called eloquent?
Eloquence concerns effective, powerful expression; ornate words, volume and length are not requirements.
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What does eloquent mean in Her eloquent glance showed her delight?
Eloquent can describe nonverbal expression. In this sentence the glance communicates delight.
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Choose the noun: The audience admired the ___ of the closing speech.
Eloquence names the quality. Eloquent describes the speech, and eloquently describes how someone speaks.
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Eloquent
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WordEloquent.
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MeaningEloquent means expressing a meaning or feeling clearly and powerfully, through words or even a look or silence.
ExampleExample: Her eloquent speech helped the audience understand why the old park mattered.
Word breakdown
3 syllables. Say each part, then blend the word.
- Syllables
- el · uh · kwunt
- Strongest beat
- el
- Ending
- kwunt
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on el.
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Synonyms
Words like Eloquent
articulateUse for a speaker or piece of writing that expresses ideas clearly and effectively.
expressiveUse for words, a face or a gesture that vividly conveys feeling or meaning.
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inarticulateUse for someone unable to express an idea clearly in words; this contrasts the verbal sense.
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Word family
Eloquent word family
Base word
eloquent
noun
eloquence
The ability or quality of expressing ideas or feelings powerfully: the eloquence of her speech.
adverb
eloquently
In a clear and powerful expressive way: he wrote eloquently about the garden.
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Say EL-uh-kwunt. Notice eloquent speech or writing, but also eloquent looks and silences that communicate strongly without words.
Common mix-up
Eloquent does not mean merely talkative, loud or full of fancy words. Fluent stresses smooth expression; eloquent adds expressive power. An eloquent silence communicates something without becoming spoken language.
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Show students two short invented requests for library funding, one repetitive and one clear and vivid. Ask which is more eloquent and why, then have them describe an eloquent gesture in one sentence.
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Read: The letter was eloquent without using long or complicated words. Ask students to write a two-sentence appeal to protect a favourite place, then identify one clear image or reason that gives it power.
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