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1. (n.) diction
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words.
2. diction
the accent, inflection, intonation, and speech-sound quality manifested by a speaker or singer; enunciation.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME diccion < LL dictiō word, L: rhetorical delivery)
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1. (noun) enunciation, diction
the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
2. (noun) wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage
the manner in which something is expressed in words
"use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton
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1. (noun) diction
choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as, the diction of Chaucer's poems
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Sense: the manner of speaking
Her diction is always very clear.
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 Afrikaans: uitspraak, voordrag |
 Arabic: أُسْلوب، طَريقَة كَلام |
 Bulgarian: дикция |
 Brazilian: dicção |
 Czech: dikce |
 German: die Ausdrucksweise |
 Danish: udtale |
 Greek: άρθρωση |
 Spanish: dicción |
 Estonian: kõnemaneer |
 Farsi: طرز گفتار؛ کلام |
 Finnish: sanonta |
 French: diction |
 Hebrew: סִגנוֹן דִיבּוּר |
 Hindi: शब्दों का सही चुनाव |
 Croatian: dikcija, stil izgovora |
 Hungarian: előadásmód |
 Indonesian: cara bicara |
 Icelandic: framsögn |
 Italian: dizione |
 Japanese: 言葉づかい |
 Korean: 말씨 |
 Lithuanian: dikcija, tarsena |
 Latvian: dikcija; izteiksmes veids |
 Malay: sebutan |
 Dutch: voordracht |
 Norwegian: diksjon, uttale |
 Polish: dykcja |
 Persian: طرز گفتار؛ کلام |
 Pashto: دوينا په وخت كى دكلمو انت |
 Portuguese: dicção |
 Romanian: dicţie |
 Russian: дикция |
 Slovak: dikcia |
 Slovenian: govor, izražanje |
 Serbian: dikcija |
 Swedish: sätt att uttrycka sig, sp |
 Thai: การเลือกคำมาใช้พูดหรือเขี |
 Turkish: ifade, söyleyiş |
 Taiwanese: 措辭 |
 Ukrainian: дикція |
 Urdu: الفاظ کی ادائگی کا انداز |
 Vietnamese: cách nói |
 Chinese: 措辞 |
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