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Locution Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Locution has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

"pardon the expression"

2

A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
speech
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Beatitude logion calque advice and consent ambiguity euphemism dysphemism shucks tongue twister anatomical reference southernism motto maxim epigram proverb idiom agrapha sumpsimus
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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