Wordings - English meaning

noun

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

Usage examples:

Wordsworth campaigned against exaggerated poetic diction

noun

The manner in which words are pronounced

noun

The action of making known one's thoughts or feelings.

Usage examples:

The prisoners developed a dialect as an everyday means of expression

noun

The principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture.

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A study of the way children learn language

noun

A system of communication by speaking, writing, or making signs in a way that can be understood, or any of the different systems of communication used in particular regions

Usage examples:

[ c ] the english language, [ c ] american sign language, [ c ] he speaks six foreign languages., […

noun

The method of human communication that uses speaking and writing, or the system of communication in speaking and writing that is used by the people of a particular country

Usage examples:

Learn/understand a language it's easier to learn a language when you're younger., speak/use a langu…

noun

A particular mode of expression, especially one characteristic of a particular speaker or subject area.

Usage examples:

Legal phraseology

noun

The way in which language is used, especially in the choice of words and expressions

noun

The way in which something is expressed or put into words.

Usage examples:

The phrasing of the question is odd

verb

Put into a particular form of words.

Usage examples:

It's important to phrase the question correctly

noun

The choice of words used to express something

Usage examples:

The phrasing of the contract is ambiguous., her phrasing, as ever, is faultless.

noun

The body of terms used with a particular technical application in a subject of study, profession, etc.

Usage examples:

The terminology of semiotics

noun

Special words or expressions used in relation to a particular subject or activity

Usage examples:

Sports terminology, scientific terminology

noun

A single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing, used with others (or sometimes alone) to form a sentence and typically shown with a space on either side when written or printed.

Usage examples:

I don't like the word ‘unofficial’

verb

Express (something spoken or written) in particular words.

Usage examples:

He words his request in a particularly ironic way

exclamation

Used to express agreement or affirmation.

Usage examples:

Word, that's a good record, man