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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun diction has 2 senses
- diction(n = noun.communication) enunciation - the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience; Array is a kind of articulation
- diction(n = noun.communication) choice of words, phraseology, phrasing, verbiage, wording - the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage" is a kind of expression, formulation
has particulars: mumbling
has particulars: mot juste, verbalisation, verbalization
OXFORD DICTIONARY
diction, n.
1 the manner of enunciation in speaking or singing.
2 the choice of words or phrases in speech or writing.
1 the manner of enunciation in speaking or singing.
2 the choice of words or phrases in speech or writing.
Etymology
F diction or L dictio f. dicere dict- say
THESAURUS
diction
articulation, delivery, elocution, enunciation, expression, expressiveness, inflection, intonation, language, oratory, parlance, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, presentation, pronunciation, rhetoric, speech, terminology, usage, verbalism, verbiage, vocabulary, wordage, wordingROGET THESAURUS
diction
Style
N style, diction, phraseology, wording, manner, strain, composition, mode of expression, choice of words, mode of speech, literary power, ready pen, pen of a ready writer, command of language, authorship, la morgue litteraire, le style c'est de l'homme, style is the dress of thoughts, Various Qualities of Style.
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