'Locution' definitions:
Definition of 'locution'
(from WordNet)
noun
A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression" [syn: saying, expression, locution]
Definition of 'Locution'
From: GCIDE
- Locution \Lo*cu"tion\ (l[-o]*k[=u]"sh[u^]n), 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. [1913 Webster]
- I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced by ceremony. --Marston. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'locution'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- word-group,
- wordage,
- wording