1. (linguistics) the aim of a speaker in making an utterance as opposed to the meaning of the terms used

Derived forms: illocutions

• Hindu calendar
• Hindu calendar month
• Hindu deity
• Hindu Kush
• Hindu Kush Mountains
• Hindu numeral
• Hindu-Arabic numeral
• Hinduism
• Hindustan
• Hindustani
• hinge
• hinge joint
• hinge on
• hinge upon
• hinging post
• Hinglish
• hinny
• hint
• hinterland
• hip
• hip bath
• hip boot
• hip joint
• hip pad
• hip pocket