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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 Related Terms \| Find terms related to Locution: adjectival phrase \| antonym \| articulation \| choice of words \| clause \| composition \| construction \| dialect \| diction \| expression \| formulation \| free form \| grammar \| headed group \| homograph \| homonym \| homophone \| idiom \| idiotism \| language \| langue \| lexeme \| lingo \| lingua \| linguistic act \| linguistic form \| logos \| manner of speaking \| metonym \| minimum free form \| monosyllable \| noun phrase \| paragraph \| parlance \| parol \| parole \| peculiar expression \| period \| personal usage \| phonation \| phrasal idiom \| phrase \| phraseology \| phrasing \| polysyllable \| rhetoric \| sentence \| sequence of phonemes \| set phrase \| speaking \| speech \| speech act \| standard phrase \| string \| syllable \| synonym \| syntactic structure \| talk \| term \| the spoken word \| tongue \| turn of expression \| turn of phrase \| usage \| use of words \| usus loquendi \| utterance \| utterance string \| verb complex \| verb phrase \| verbalism \| verbiage \| verbum \| vocable \| voice \| way of speaking \| word \| word of mouth \| wordage \| word-group \| wording See Also \| adage \| advice and consent \| agrapha \| ambiguity \| anatomical \| anatomical reference \| axiom \| Beatitude \| byword \| calque \| catchword \| epigram \| euphemism \| idiom \| idiomatic expression \| language \| loan translation \| logion \| maxim \| motto \| oral communication \| phrasal idiom \| phrase \| proverb \| quip \| saw \| set phrase \| shibboleth \| shucks \| slogan \| southernism \| speech \| speech communication \| spoken communication \| spoken language \| tongue twister \| voice communication 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.

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

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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