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Meaning:
diction

a person's style or way of speaking

style of speech; articulation

elocution

the art, style, of speaking well, especially in public

articulation

expression

(an instance of) the process of expressing; a word or phrase

verbalization

idiom

a group of words with a meaning that is not obvious through knowledge of the individual words but must be learnt as a whole, e.g. 'give up, in order to, be all ears'

manner of speaking, turn of phrase

morpheme

the smallest meaningful part into which a word can be divided

unit of language

nomenclature

a system of naming

vocabulary

phrase

a group of words (without a finite verb) forming part of sentence, e.g. 'in the garden', 'in order to', 'first of all'; to express something in words

group of words; way of speaking

speech

the power, act, manner, of speaking; a formal set of spoken statements to a group

talk

term

a fixed or limited period of time; (of schools, universities etc) one of the periods into which the academic year is divided;

description of a concept

terminology

(a system of) the words, meanings, expressions etc used in a particular profession, activity

wording

wording

the way in which something is expressed; choice of words to express meaning

way of expressing a thought

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