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Definitions for Diction

[1] style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words: good diction.
[2] the accent, inflection, intonation, and speech-sound quality manifested by an individual speaker, usually judged in terms of prevailing standards of acceptability; enunciation.
[3] the choice and use of words in writing or speech
[4] the manner of uttering or enunciating words and sounds; elocution

Words related to Diction

phrasing, inflection, eloquence, pronunciation, intonation, fluency, wording, enunciation, rhetoric, oratory, vocabulary, language, locution, elocution, delivery, verbalism, verbiage, usage, phrase, parlance

Words nearby Diction

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Origin of Diction

1400–50; late Middle English diccion < Late Latin dictiōn- (stem of dictiō ) word, Latin: rhetorical delivery, equivalent to dict(us ) said, spoken (past participle of dīcere ) + -iōn- -ion

Other words from Diction

dic·tion·al , adjective
dic·tion·al·ly , adverb

Word origin for Diction

C15: from Latin dictiō a saying, mode of expression, from dīcere to speak, say

Synonyms for Diction

eloquence, fluency, inflection, intonation, phrasing, pronunciation, wording, delivery, elocution, enunciation, expression, language, line, lingo, locution, oratory, parlance, phrase, phraseology, rhetoric, usage, verbalism, verbiage, vocabulary, command of language, gift of gab, wordage