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Definition: Choice Of Words |
Choice Of WordsNoun1. The manner in which something is expressed in words: "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Tips from 1870 | Our American writers evince much variety in their graces of diction, but in the accurate choice of words James Russell Lowell and William Cullen Bryant stand out conspicuous above the rest. So careful and persistent was the latter, that during the time that he was editor of The Evening Post, of New York City, he required the various writers upon that paper to avoid the use of a long list of words and expressions which he had prepared for them, and which were commonly employed by other papers. This list was not only used, but enlarged by his successors. Strive to cultivate the habit of observing words; trace their delicate shades of meaning as employed by the most polished writers; note their suggestiveness; mark the accuracy with which they are chosen. In this way your mind will be kept on the alert to discover the beauties as well as the blemishes of all the thought pictures that are presented, and your vocabulary will be greatly enlarged and enriched. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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Synonyms: Choice Of WordsSynonyms: diction (n), phraseology (n), phrasing (n), verbiage (n), wording (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Style | Noun: style, diction, phraseology, wording; manner, strain; composition; mode of expression, choice of words; mode of speech, literary power, ready pen, pen of a ready writer; command of language; (eloquence); authorship; la morgue litteraire. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Choice Of Words |
| English words defined with "choice of words": To make terms. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "choice of words"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | wortwahl (wording). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | oicechay ofay ordsway ordval. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-d-e-f-h-i-o-o-o-r-s-w" | |
-4 letters: firewoods, scrooched, wifehoods. | |
-5 letters: choosier, choreoid, choroids, chowders, corodies, cowherds, cowhides, crowdies, firewood, foreshow, isochore, rosewood, scorched, serfhood, wifehood, woodsier. | |
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