diction
Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communicationChoice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication; the effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication; the effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.
the identification of the poetic impulse with sonorous diction
His poor diction meant that most of the audience didn't really understand the key points of the presentation.
Ausdrucksweise, Diktion
ди́кцияdíkcija
(countable, uncountable)Enunciation, pronunciation, or both.
- the manner in which something is expressed in words
- the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
Examples
7 sentencesTom has good diction.
У Тома добра дикція. — deniko
The philosopher is known for his gnomic diction.
The philosopher is known for her gnomic diction.
Informal diction is always full of mystery and surrealism.
You need to improve your diction. You really are very hard to understand.
Translations
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Origin
From late Middle English diccion (“something said; a word or phrase”) (an obsolete sense iFrom late Middle English diccion (“something said; a word or phrase”) (an obsolete sense in Modern English), borrowed directly from Latin dictiō (“a saying, speaking, uttering”) or from Old French dicïon (“word”) (Anglo-Norman dictyoun), from Late Latin dictiō (“word”), both from dīcō (“to say, to talk”) + -tiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, to point out”).
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Forms
plural: dictionsSynonyms
6 synonyms- the manner in which something is expressed in words:wordingphrasingphraseologychoice of wordsverbiage
- the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience:enunciation
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable