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| Main Entry: | wording |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way of expressing a thought |
| Synonyms: | diction, language, locution, manner, mode, parlance, phraseology, style, terminology, words, choice of words, phrasing, turn of phrase, wordage |
| Main Entry: | diction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | style of speech; articulation |
| Synonyms: | delivery, elocution, eloquence, expression, fluency, gift of gab*, inflection, intonation, language, line, lingo, locution, oratory, parlance, phrase, phraseology, pronunciation, rhetoric, usage, verbiage, vocabulary, wording, command of language, enunciation, phrasing, verbalism, wordage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inscription |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | message |
| Synonyms: | autograph, caption, dedication, engraving, epitaph, heading, imprint, label, legend, saying, signature, wording, lettering |
| Main Entry: | language |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system of words for communication |
| Synonyms: | accent, argot, articulation, cant, communication, conversation, dialect, diction, dictionary, discourse, expression, gibberish, idiom, interchange, jargon, lexicon, palaver, parlance, patois, phraseology, prose, signal, slang, sound, speech, style, talk, terminology, tongue, utterance, vernacular, vocabulary, voice, word, wording, brogue, doublespeak, lingua franca, verbalization, vocalization |
| Notes: | don't use 'language' when you mean 'writing system' - Chinese is a spoken language with no characters; the Chinese writing system uses thousands of characters |
| Main Entry: | phrase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of words; way of speaking |
| Synonyms: | byword, catchphrase, catchword, diction, expression, idiom, locution, maxim, motto, parlance, phraseology, remark, saying, shibboleth, slogan, tag, terminology, utterance, verbiage, watchword, wording, phrasing, styling, verbalism, wordage |
| Main Entry: | text |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subject matter of document |
| Synonyms: | argument, body, consideration, content, contents, context, document, extract, fundamentals, head, idea, issue, line, matter, motive, passage, point, quotation, sentence, stanza, subject, theme, thesis, topic, verse, vocabulary, wording, words, lines, main body, motify, paragraph |
| Main Entry: | style |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way of speaking, writing, expressing oneself |
| Synonyms: | diction, expression, phraseology, treatment, vein, wording, mode of expression, phrasing, turn of phrase |
| Main Entry: | couch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express in particular way |
| Synonyms: | formulate, frame, phrase, put, utter, word, set forth |
| Main Entry: | express |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | articulate; signify, mean |
| Synonyms: | add up to*, air, assert, asseverate, bespeak, broach, circulate, communicate, connote, convey, couch, declare, denote, depict, designate, disclose, divulge, embody, enunciate, evince, exhibit, formulate, frame*, give, hint, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, manifest, phrase, proclaim, pronounce, put, represent, reveal, say, show, speak, spell, stand for, state, suggest, symbolize, tell, testify, utter, vent, ventilate, verbalize, voice, word, make known, pop off*, put across, put into words |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | phrase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express in words carefully |
| Synonyms: | couch, formulate, frame, present, put, say, term, utter, voice, word, put into words |
| Main Entry: | put |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | propose; express in words |
| Synonyms: | advance, air, couch, express, formulate, forward, give, offer, phrase, pose, prefer, present, proposition, render, set, state, submit, suggest, tender, translate, transpose, turn, utter, vent, ventilate, word, bring forward, posit, propone, propound, set before |
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