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ləˈkjuːʃ(ə)n/
n.
- a word or phrase, especially with regard to style or idiom.
▸a person's style of speech.
- an utterance regarded in terms of its intrinsic meaning or reference, as distinct from its function or purpose in context.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr., or from L. locutio(n-), from loqui ‘speak’.
