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Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.

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  1. n. Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.
  2. n. a word or word/phrase">phrase that particular people use in particular situations
  3. Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression. " Stumbling locutions." G. Eliot. I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced by ceremony. Marston.
  4. Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression. "Stumbling locutions." G. Eliot.I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced byceremony. Marston.
  5. n:100 n a word or word/phrase">phrase that particular people use in particular situations