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Definition of locution noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

locution

noun

/ləˈkjuːʃn/

/ləˈkjuːʃn/

(specialist)

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[uncountable] a style of speaking

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[countable] a particular phrase, especially one used by a particular group of people

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin locutio(n-), from loqui ‘speak’.

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