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    [Noun]  | "lo*cu*tion" | \ lō-ˈkyü-shən \


    1: a particular form of expression or a peculiarity of phrasing; especially : a word or expression characteristic of a region, group, or cultural level

    2: style of discourse : phraseology

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English locucion, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin locūtiōn-, locūtiō "act or manner of speaking, phrase, expression," from locū-, variant stem of loquī "to speak, talk" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action {mat|eloquent|};

    [Noun]  | "locutions" 


    1: a distinctive way of putting ideas into words;


      * e.g., " ... in the poet's somewhat affected locution, word order is often reversed and so we have the sea serene "



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    [Noun]  | "locution" 


    1: a distinctive way of putting ideas into words;


      * e.g., " ... in the poet's somewhat affected locution, word order is often reversed and so we have the sea serene "



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     [ "locution" ]

    1: lo·cu·tion /ləˈkyo͞oSH(ə)n/ noun: locution plural noun: locutions A word or phrase, especially with regard to style or idiom. An utterance regarded in terms of its intrinsic meaning or reference, as distinct from its function or purpose in context.

      * e.g.,  ... Although “LOL” is internet slang for “laughing out loud”, it has become an actual locution among the teenage girls in our school. 

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