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⚖️ To address a court 🎤 To speak formally
to allocute

to allocute

1 9.9
To speak formally to a group or person in an official way
  • verb
  • /ˈæl.ə.kjuːt/
  • Formal
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  • The ambassador will allocute to the assembly at the start of the conference.

Examples

  • During the ceremony, the principal allocuted to the graduating students and their families.

  • It is customary for the chairperson to allocute before the awards are presented.

  • The lawyer advised him to allocute during the hearing.

  • She will allocute to the committee next week.

  • Before the court, the lawyer reminded the defendant to allocute to the judge about his actions.

  • The defendant had the right to allocute and explain his side during the hearing.

  • During the sentencing phase, she chose to allocute to the judge about her feelings of remorse.

Synonyms

to address
vsto allocute
  • Formal
236 4.4

To speak formally to a group, often when giving a speech

is reserved for official or legal contexts rather than general public speaking

Antonyms

to ignore
∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

How Formal

to orate
  • Formal
1 8.8
to allocute
  • Formal
1 9.9
to address
  • Formal
236 4.4
to speak to
∞ 1.7

Surface Forms

allocute infinitive
allocuted past
allocuted past participle
allocuting present participle
allocutes third person singular

Etymology

Allocute comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and loqui 'to speak', and it shares the speaking root found in eloquent. So, to allocute is to 'speak to' a group in a formal or official way.