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Definition of diction in English: dictionnoun ˈdɪkʃ(ə)nˈdɪkʃ(ə)n mass noun1The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. Wordsworth campaigned against exaggerated poetic diction Example sentencesExamples - Laurens attempts to give the story a mythic dimension by using heightened diction that employs cascading images, inverted word order and endless puns.
- Addressing her fifth and last difficulty, Homer's diction, Dacier's tone, vocabulary, and attitude instantly change.
- It is true that imagination is in short supply among preachers; our language and diction are impoverished by our lack of imagination.
- Instead of poetic diction, we have expository prose.
- This question of register or diction, is, however, a choice that every translator makes for him or herself.
- What were the minute, intricate, internal connections of diction and usage and metaphor?
- Shakespeare imposed no exclusive criteria upon his vocabulary and erected no shibboleth of purity of diction, such as was to hamstring Continental theatre for centuries.
- But the grasp she had on the written word, on the inner springs and impulses of the language, made grammar and syntax and diction resemble the laws of physics.
- Its flowery and elevated diction, however, deny the characters speech that approximates dialogue between real people.
- While there is much to praise on the whole about Shepherd's language, his diction is elevated to such a level at times that it can feel stilted or in conflict with the subject matter.
- Both he and Frost advocated the use of natural diction, and of colloquial speech rhythms in metrical verse.
- He studied poets such as Shelley, Browning and Wordsworth diligently and imitated their style and diction.
- Born in 1934 in deepest Carmarthenshire, she spoke Welsh and French before landing elegantly on English, a progress that perhaps explains the alien perfection of her diction.
- It's an exemplary piece of practical criticism: Ricks teases out Larkin's dense and careful diction, plots the play of syntax against metre, unweaves the rhymes.
- Should Bible translators be concerned about such things as the diction, rhythm, exaltation and beauty of the language that they use to represent God's word?
- Horace certainly employs metaphors, but metonymy is by far the more common trait in his poetry and brings his use of language closer to a vernacular diction.
- And later, these men and women had to do a minute analysis of one another's diction, style, language, and so on.
- ‘Prose is struggling a bit to find a style and diction,’ he says.
- But Pinsky's more fully developed critique is of an emerging poetic diction susceptible to a too easy appropriation.
Synonyms phraseology, phrasing, turn of phrase, choice of words, wording, language, parlance, usage, vocabulary, terminology, expression, idiom, style, locution informal lingo rare idiolect 2The style of enunciation in speaking or singing. she began imitating his careful diction Example sentencesExamples - His diction is amazingly clear and even when he sings, every word is audible.
- How did he achieve such excellence, such vivid diction, such lovely phrasing, such expressiveness?
- Grant pronounced each word slowly, with careful diction, as if Eric were a simpleton.
- I assigned a language coach to work on accent and diction, and took it upon myself to work on meaning, phrasing, and effect.
- ‘Listening to Nat Cole prompted me to sing sentimental songs with distinct diction,’ he said at Blueberry Hill.
- As James, Mark Caven gives an honest and believable performance with clear diction and a consistent accent.
- The judges chose them for the expression in their voices, excellent diction and the range of dynamics expressed in their music.
- Your delivery, intonation, diction and fluency are all wrong, and you remind me of someone who hangs about on street corners, opening your jacket and trying to sell people things.
- Soprano Juliane Banse's fruity voice is neither childish nor stereotypically innocent, but her diction and sensitivity to words are exquisite.
- Worshippers are encouraged to be careful about diction, stay in tune, sing exact note values, and avoid forcing the sound.
- It still needs to work on its diction and intonation, which can dip badly in quiet passages.
- It has been my observation that most of the broadcasts are presented at machine gun rate, with almost incomprehensible diction and enunciation.
- It's frankly ridiculous to suggest that, even with perfect articulation and diction, the singers' words will all be intelligible.
- We take it as a given that television and radio announcers usually are more careful and precise in their diction than is the man on the street.
- Ensemble is well polished, they take great care with words and diction, and frequent soli from the choir move in and out with ease.
- My already considerable admiration for Ms Olibert would have grown had she written on the problems associated with improper enunciation and diction.
- Of course, applied voice teachers around the world have used the IPA for decades to teach singing diction.
- When we talked about this, Katherine's southern accent became pronounced in both her diction and her drawl.
- The children's choir sang with freshness of tone, clarity of diction and did not appear fazed by the dissonances that surrounded their vocal line at times.
- She emphasised diction and clarity of speech and Una recalls students emerged from a multi-cultural education talking as if they had been to RADA.
Synonyms enunciation, articulation, elocution, locution, pronunciation, speech, speech pattern, manner of speaking, intonation, inflection delivery, utterance, speech-making, public speaking, declamation, oratory fluency
Origin Mid 16th century (denoting a word or phrase): from Latin dictio(n-), from dicere 'to say'. Rhymes addiction, affliction, benediction, constriction, conviction, crucifixion, depiction, dereliction, eviction, fiction, friction, infliction, interdiction, jurisdiction, malediction, restriction, transfixion, valediction Definition of diction in US English: dictionnounˈdɪkʃ(ə)nˈdikSH(ə)n 1The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. Wordsworth campaigned against exaggerated poetic diction Example sentencesExamples - But Pinsky's more fully developed critique is of an emerging poetic diction susceptible to a too easy appropriation.
- It is true that imagination is in short supply among preachers; our language and diction are impoverished by our lack of imagination.
- He studied poets such as Shelley, Browning and Wordsworth diligently and imitated their style and diction.
- While there is much to praise on the whole about Shepherd's language, his diction is elevated to such a level at times that it can feel stilted or in conflict with the subject matter.
- ‘Prose is struggling a bit to find a style and diction,’ he says.
- Should Bible translators be concerned about such things as the diction, rhythm, exaltation and beauty of the language that they use to represent God's word?
- But the grasp she had on the written word, on the inner springs and impulses of the language, made grammar and syntax and diction resemble the laws of physics.
- Its flowery and elevated diction, however, deny the characters speech that approximates dialogue between real people.
- Horace certainly employs metaphors, but metonymy is by far the more common trait in his poetry and brings his use of language closer to a vernacular diction.
- Instead of poetic diction, we have expository prose.
- Born in 1934 in deepest Carmarthenshire, she spoke Welsh and French before landing elegantly on English, a progress that perhaps explains the alien perfection of her diction.
- Shakespeare imposed no exclusive criteria upon his vocabulary and erected no shibboleth of purity of diction, such as was to hamstring Continental theatre for centuries.
- Laurens attempts to give the story a mythic dimension by using heightened diction that employs cascading images, inverted word order and endless puns.
- This question of register or diction, is, however, a choice that every translator makes for him or herself.
- What were the minute, intricate, internal connections of diction and usage and metaphor?
- It's an exemplary piece of practical criticism: Ricks teases out Larkin's dense and careful diction, plots the play of syntax against metre, unweaves the rhymes.
- And later, these men and women had to do a minute analysis of one another's diction, style, language, and so on.
- Both he and Frost advocated the use of natural diction, and of colloquial speech rhythms in metrical verse.
- Addressing her fifth and last difficulty, Homer's diction, Dacier's tone, vocabulary, and attitude instantly change.
Synonyms phraseology, phrasing, turn of phrase, choice of words, wording, language, parlance, usage, vocabulary, terminology, expression, idiom, style, locution 2The style of enunciation in speaking or singing. she began imitating his careful diction Example sentencesExamples - It's frankly ridiculous to suggest that, even with perfect articulation and diction, the singers' words will all be intelligible.
- It has been my observation that most of the broadcasts are presented at machine gun rate, with almost incomprehensible diction and enunciation.
- When we talked about this, Katherine's southern accent became pronounced in both her diction and her drawl.
- Of course, applied voice teachers around the world have used the IPA for decades to teach singing diction.
- ‘Listening to Nat Cole prompted me to sing sentimental songs with distinct diction,’ he said at Blueberry Hill.
- Ensemble is well polished, they take great care with words and diction, and frequent soli from the choir move in and out with ease.
- His diction is amazingly clear and even when he sings, every word is audible.
- Worshippers are encouraged to be careful about diction, stay in tune, sing exact note values, and avoid forcing the sound.
- Grant pronounced each word slowly, with careful diction, as if Eric were a simpleton.
- I assigned a language coach to work on accent and diction, and took it upon myself to work on meaning, phrasing, and effect.
- The judges chose them for the expression in their voices, excellent diction and the range of dynamics expressed in their music.
- As James, Mark Caven gives an honest and believable performance with clear diction and a consistent accent.
- It still needs to work on its diction and intonation, which can dip badly in quiet passages.
- How did he achieve such excellence, such vivid diction, such lovely phrasing, such expressiveness?
- The children's choir sang with freshness of tone, clarity of diction and did not appear fazed by the dissonances that surrounded their vocal line at times.
- My already considerable admiration for Ms Olibert would have grown had she written on the problems associated with improper enunciation and diction.
- She emphasised diction and clarity of speech and Una recalls students emerged from a multi-cultural education talking as if they had been to RADA.
- Your delivery, intonation, diction and fluency are all wrong, and you remind me of someone who hangs about on street corners, opening your jacket and trying to sell people things.
- We take it as a given that television and radio announcers usually are more careful and precise in their diction than is the man on the street.
- Soprano Juliane Banse's fruity voice is neither childish nor stereotypically innocent, but her diction and sensitivity to words are exquisite.
Synonyms enunciation, articulation, elocution, locution, pronunciation, speech, speech pattern, manner of speaking, intonation, inflection
Origin Mid 16th century (denoting a word or phrase): from Latin dictio(n-), from dicere ‘to say’. |