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Diction: meaning in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press, 2026
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- What it is
- The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary entry for the noun diction. It gives two senses: the way somebody pronounces words, and, as a specialist term, the choice and use of words in literature.
- How much weight it carries
- A widely used learner's dictionary from Oxford University Press. The specialist sense is labeled as such, so it is a literary usage rather than everyday English.
Facts taken from this source
- The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary gives a specialist sense of diction: the choice and use of words in literature.
“the choice and use of words in literature” (Entry for diction (noun), specialist sense)
- The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary defines diction, an uncountable noun, as the way that somebody pronounces words.
“the way that somebody pronounces words” (Entry for diction (noun), first sense)