noun [U]
1 the way that sb pronounces words:
clear diction
2 (technical) the choice and use of words in literature:
Wordsworth rejected poetic diction in favour of ordinary language.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for diction is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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