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Orthoepy

The art of uttering words correctly; a correct pronunciation of words; also, mode of pronunciation.

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Language 76% connected

Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, artic…

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Phonology 76% connected

The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combina…

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Speech 76% connected

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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Pronunciation 92% connected

The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinc…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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American noun · 85% connection

the English language as used in the United States

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American English noun · 85% connection

the English language as used in the United States

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American language noun · 85% connection

the English language as used in the United States

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British English noun · 85% connection

English as spoken in the UK

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Canadian English noun · 85% connection

the English language as used in Canada

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Loan noun · 85% connection

a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English

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loanword noun · 85% connection

a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English

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UK English noun · 85% connection

English as spoken in the UK

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Word noun · 85% connection

a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words…

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Head noun · 85% connection

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

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Head word noun · 85% connection

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

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Quantifier noun · 85% connection

(grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as ‘fifteen’ or ‘many’)

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Anagram noun · 84% connection

a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

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Antonym noun · 84% connection

a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to hi…

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Back-formation noun · 84% connection

a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it

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Catchword noun · 84% connection

a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page

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Charade noun · 84% connection

a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades

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Classifier noun · 84% connection

a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted i…

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Alamodality noun · 78% connection

The quality of being a la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness.

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Analogy noun · 78% connection

Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronun…

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Correct adjective · 78% connection

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; fre…

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Diction noun · 78% connection

Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clea…

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En- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written ind…

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Enunciation noun · 78% connection

Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak with a clear or impr…

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Fashion noun · 78% connection

The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; partic…

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Fluent adjective · 78% connection

Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent spe…

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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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Glide noun · 78% connection

A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with g…

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Implosion noun · 78% connection

A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in utterin…

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Itacism noun · 78% connection

Pronunciation of / (eta) as the modern Greeks pronounce it, that is, like e in the English word be. This was the pronunciation advocat…

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Latinism noun · 78% connection

A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model.

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