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Dialect

Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.

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Patois 76% connected

A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Accent 74% connected

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Accent 74% connected

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Accent 92% connected

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Idiom 92% connected

The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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English noun · 85% connection

the discipline that studies the English language and literature

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Received adjective · 85% connection

conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard (American) English"; "received standard English is…

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Standard adjective · 85% connection

conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard (American) English"; "received standard English is…

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Usage noun · 85% connection

the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written; "English usage"; "a usage borrowed from Frenc…

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Base noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

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Derivative noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) a word that is derived from another word; "‘electricity’ is a derivative of ‘electric’"

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Preposition noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or…

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Radical noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

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Root noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

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Root word noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

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Stem noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

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Theme noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

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Standard language noun · 78% connection

A particular variety of a language that is regarded as the most correct way of writing or speaking the language.; "Received Pronunciat…

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Acceptability noun · 78% connection

satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards

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Acceptableness noun · 78% connection

satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards

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American adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the Ame…

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American English noun · 78% connection

the English language as used in the United States

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American language noun · 78% connection

the English language as used in the United States

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Aside adverb · 78% connection

Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts.

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Barbarism noun · 78% connection

An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism.

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Chirology noun · 78% connection

The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for…

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Delivery noun · 78% connection

your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren o…

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Dream noun · 78% connection

The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

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Eloquence noun · 78% connection

Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate langua…

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Figure noun · 78% connection

A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial languag…

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Gallicism noun · 78% connection

A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom.

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Glossopharyngeal adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the…

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Hound's-tongue noun · 78% connection

A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed…

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Hyoid adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself.

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Hypoglossal adjective · 78% connection

Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to…

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