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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wording |
| Synonyms: | choice of words, diction, language, locution, manner, mode, parlance, phrase, phraseology, style, terminology, turn of phrase, verbalism, wordage, words |
| Concept: | Phrase. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional means; language generally |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
phrase, expression, set phrase; sentence, paragraph; figure of speech; idiom, idiotism; turn of expression; style; collocation., paraphrase (synonym); periphrase (circumlocution) motto (proverb) [more]., phraseology.
-verbs
express, phrase; word, word it; give words to, give expression to; voice, arrange in word, clothe in words, put into words, express by words; couch in terms; find words to express; speak by the card; call, denominate, designate, dub.
-adjectives
expressed; idiomatic.
-adverbs
in round, in set, in good, set terms; in set phrases.
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| Main Entry: | diction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | style of speech; articulation |
| Synonyms: | command of language, delivery, elocution, eloquence, enunciation, expression, fluency, gift of gab, inflection, intonation, language, line, lingo, locution, oratory, parlance, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, pronunciation, rhetoric, usage, verbalism, verbiage, vocabulary, wordage, wording |
| Main Entry: | expression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbalization |
| Synonyms: | announcement, argument, articulation, assertion, asseveration, choice of words, commentary, communication, declaration, definition, delivery, diction, elucidation, emphasis, enunciation, execution, explanation, exposition, formulation, idiom, interpretation, intonation, issue, language, locution, mention, narration, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, pronouncement, remark, rendition, set phrase, speaking, speech, statement, style, term, turn of phrase, utterance, vent, voice, voicing, word, writ |
| Main Entry: | phrase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of words; way of speaking |
| Synonyms: | byword, catchphrase, catchword, diction, expression, idiom, locution, maxim, motto, parlance, phraseology, phrasing, remark, saying, shibboleth, slogan, styling, tag, terminology, utterance, verbalism, verbiage, watchword, wordage, wording |
| Main Entry: | style |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way of speaking, writing, expressing oneself |
| Synonyms: | diction, expression, mode of expression, phraseology, phrasing, treatment, turn of phrase, vein, wording |
| Main Entry: | terminology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wording |
| Synonyms: | choice of words, diction, jargon, language, lingo, locution, nomenclature, onomastics, phraseology, phrasing, turn of phrase, vocabulary, wordage, words |
| Main Entry: | wording |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way of expressing a thought |
| Synonyms: | choice of words, diction, language, locution, manner, mode, parlance, phraseology, phrasing, style, terminology, turn of phrase, wordage, words |
| Main Entry: | verbalism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wording |
| Synonyms: | choice of words, diction, language, locution, manner, mode, parlance, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, style, terminology, turn of phrase, wordage, words |
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