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diction
Overview of noun diction
The noun diction has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. enunciation, diction -- (the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience)
2. wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage -- (the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun diction
2 senses of diction
Sense 1
enunciation, diction
=> articulation
=> pronunciation
=> utterance, vocalization
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage
=> formulation, expression
=> expressive style, style
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun diction
2 senses of diction
Sense 1
enunciation, diction
=> mumbling
Sense 2
wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage
=> mot juste
=> verbalization, verbalisation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun diction
2 senses of diction
Sense 1
enunciation, diction
=> articulation
Sense 2
wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage
=> formulation, expression
Antonyms of noun diction
Member Holonyms of noun diction
Substance Holonyms of noun diction
Part Holonyms of noun diction
Member Meronyms of noun diction
Substance Meronyms of noun diction
Part Meronyms of noun diction
Meronyms of noun diction
Holonyms of noun diction
Attributes of noun diction
Derived Forms of noun diction
Domain of noun diction
Domain Terms of noun diction
Familiarity of noun diction
diction used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun diction
2 senses of diction
Sense 1
enunciation, diction
> articulation
=> affrication
=> aspiration
=> epenthesis
=> nasalization, nasalisation
=> retroflection, retroflexion
=> enunciation, diction
=> syncope, syncopation
=> sandhi
=> thickness
=> trill
Sense 2
wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage
> formulation, expression
=> sentimentalism
=> honorific
=> archaism, archaicism
=> boilerplate
=> colloquialism
=> parlance, idiom
=> Americanism
=> Anglicism, Briticism, Britishism
=> wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage
Meronyms of noun diction
2 senses of diction
Sense 1
enunciation, diction
=> articulation
=> pronunciation
=> utterance, vocalization
HAS PART: phone, speech sound, sound
Holonyms of noun diction
Grep of noun diction
addiction
alcohol addiction
benediction
caffein addiction
cocaine addiction
contradiction
diction
dictionary
dictionary definition
dictionary entry
drug addiction
heroin addiction
indiction
interdiction
jurisdiction
malediction
nicotine addiction
prediction
self-contradiction
valediction
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