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phraseology

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1 a distinctive way of putting ideas into words

I recognized the writerʼs distinctive phraseology even before I saw the name

Synonyms of phraseology

fashion, locution, manner, mode, style, tone, vein

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address, delivery, elocution

archaism, colloquialism, regionalism

acceptation, connotation, denotation, expression, idiom

2 the way in which something is put into words

the unique phraseology of the suspectʼs answer stuck in my mind

Synonyms of phraseology

diction, language, phrasing, verbiage, wording

Words Related to phraseology

expression, formulation, locution

enunciation, phrase, speech, style, utterance, voice

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