locution

Other forms of locution

plural

locutions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about locution

What does locution mean?

locution means "a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations".

How many syllables are in locution?

locution has 4 syllables: lo-cu-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for locution?

Close synonyms include saying, expression. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is locution a common word?

locution is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.