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wording
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| 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 |
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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: | express |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | articulate; signify, mean |
| Synonyms: | add up to, air, assert, asseverate, bespeak, broach, circulate, communicate, connote, convey, couch, declare, denote, depict, designate, disclose, divulge, embody, enunciate, evince, exhibit, formulate, frame*, give, hint, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, make known, manifest, phrase, pop off, proclaim, pronounce, put, put across, put into words, represent, reveal, say, show, speak, spell, stand for, state, suggest, symbolize, tell, testify, utter, vent, ventilate, verbalize, voice, word |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inscription |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | message |
| Synonyms: | autograph, caption, dedication, engraving, epitaph, heading, imprint, label, legend, lettering, saying, signature, wording |
| Main Entry: | language |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system of words for communication |
| Synonyms: | accent, argot, articulation, brogue, cant, communication, conversation, dialect, diction, dictionary, discourse, doublespeak, expression, gibberish, idiom, interchange, jargon, lexicon, lingua franca, palaver, parlance, patois, phraseology, prose, signal, slang, sound, speech, style, talk, terminology, tongue, utterance, verbalization, vernacular, vocabulary, vocalization, voice, word, wording |
| Notes: | don't use 'language' when you mean 'writing system' - Chinese is a spoken language with no characters; the Chinese writing system uses thousands of characters |
| 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: | phrase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express in words carefully |
| Synonyms: | couch, formulate, frame, present, put, put into words, say, term, utter, voice, word |
| Main Entry: | put |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | propose; express in words |
| Synonyms: | advance, air, bring forward, couch, express, formulate, forward, give, offer, phrase, pose, posit, prefer, present, propone, proposition, propound, render, set, set before, state, submit, suggest, tender, translate, transpose, turn, utter, vent, ventilate, word |
| 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 |
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