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Locution

Locution Meaning & Definition
Locution Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Locution?

[n] a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Locution: expression | saying

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Locution In Webster's Dictionary

\Lo*cu"tion\, n. [L. locutio, fr. loqui to speak: cf. F. locution. ] Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression. `` Stumbling locutions.'' --G. Eliot. I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced by ceremony. --Marston.

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