Definition of Locutions

1. Noun. (plural of locution) ¹

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Definition of Locutions

1. locution [n] - See also: locution

Lexicographical Neighbors of Locutions

locust gum
locust pod
locust trees
locusta
locustae
locustal
locusted
locustella
locustellas
locustic
locusting
locustlike
locusts
locution
locutions (current term)
locutories
locutory
lod
lod method
lod score
lodde
loddon pondweed
lode
lodemanage
loden
lodens
lodes
lodeship
lodeships

Literary usage of Locutions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... m numerous locutions, both in French and English; as, "Montrer ton net;" ... locutions ..."

2. A Handbook of Colloquial Japanese by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1898)
"Note also the following miscellaneous locutions : dai ni ni, "in the second place," dai san ni, "secondly. ..."

3. Elements of Siamese Grammar with Appendices by Oscar Frankfurter (1900)
"Adverbial locutions. In the following paragraphs, we have to consider words and phrases used in an adverbial sense. We follow in this list the usual ..."

4. Travels in Scotland: Descriptive of the State of Manners, Literature, and by Louis Albert Necker de Saussure (1821)
"It is to these turnings and locutions, not in use in the south, that the English always recognise their brethren of the North. The Danish language is that ..."

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