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English noun: locution | |||
| 1. | locution (communication) a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | ||
| Samples | Pardon the expression. | ||
| Synonyms | expression, saying | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adage, advice and consent, agrapha, ambiguity, anatomical, anatomical reference, axiom, Beatitude, byword, calque, calque formation, catchword, dysphemism, epigram, euphemism, idiom, idiomatic expression, loan translation, logion, maxim, motto, phrasal idiom, phrase, proverb, quip, saw, set phrase, shibboleth, shucks, slogan, southernism, sumpsimus, tongue twister | ||
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