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Diction meaning

  1. Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication.
  2. The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.
  3. Enunciation, pronunciation.

Using Diction

  • The main meaning on this page is: Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication. | The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression. | Enunciation, pronunciation.
  • Useful related words include: enunciation, articulation, wording, phrasing.
  • In the example corpus, diction often appears in combinations such as: diction and, and diction, his diction.

Context around Diction

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Diction

  • In this selection, "diction" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, lyric, pedagogy, precise, review, rules and appearance stand out and add context to how "diction" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include accent and diction do not and although his diction presents some. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "diction" sits close to words such as abenaki, abstracted and addendum, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with diction

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Counterpoint and imitation were cleanly delineated, and diction was crystalline. (10 words)

Although his diction presents some peculiarities, the style is metrically correct. (11 words)

A well-trained UP diction is hard to mask and surfaces unmistakably across roles. (14 words)

It is a thoroughly lowering and unsparing exposition of the plight we now find ourselves in. “What happens now and in these next few years will profoundly affect the next few thousand years,” Attenborough says with that ever precise diction. (40 words)

It meant the cognitive dissonance of, say, Nat King Cole’s being very black and sounding — to white America, anyway, with his frictionless baritone and diction as crisp as a hospital corner — suitably white. (34 words)

The value of a good communicator cannot be understated, but to speak with precision is to find and use the correct combination of diction and tone to express an idea as clearly as possible. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Some of his best fight sentences sound as if Joe Rogan had fallen into a trance and assumed the diction and rhythms of Toni Morrison.

Dr. Alexis Davis-Hazell serves on the faculty of The University of Alabama School of Music as Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies and Assistant Professor of Voice and Lyric Diction.

Fine-tuning your pronunciation and diction is also easier with the app's proprietary speech-recognition technology that analyzes your words 100 times per second and yields instant feedback.

Her grammar, accent and diction do not belong in any particular region be it Filipino or Filchi.

Teachers will refresh their approach to applied voice lessons with valuable sessions on vocal pedagogy, diction review, repertoire selection, audition preparation, a student master class, and more.

Grammar and punctuation and diction rules exist to uphold consistency, which in turn helps writing become clearer to the greatest number of possible readers.

It is a thoroughly lowering and unsparing exposition of the plight we now find ourselves in. “What happens now and in these next few years will profoundly affect the next few thousand years,” Attenborough says with that ever precise diction.

It meant the cognitive dissonance of, say, Nat King Cole’s being very black and sounding — to white America, anyway, with his frictionless baritone and diction as crisp as a hospital corner — suitably white.

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Often regarded as the foremost writer of contemporary Hindi poetry, Kunwar Narain had a huge fan following because of the deceptive simplicity of his diction.

That was when he met Vittalacharya and one day a Tamil actor was not getting his Kannada diction right and Siddalingaiah tried correcting him.

The value of a good communicator cannot be understated, but to speak with precision is to find and use the correct combination of diction and tone to express an idea as clearly as possible.

Without working to build my vocabulary, my academic writings would be filled with overused diction and complex googled words that barely make sense.

A well-trained UP diction is hard to mask and surfaces unmistakably across roles.

Counterpoint and imitation were cleanly delineated, and diction was crystalline.

He said judges would look out for style of the music, the voice quality, diction, appearance of singers, the artistic acumen and spirituality of the performance.

In the year before filming started, Colosimo had twice-weekly speech lessons, buffing out the scratches in his diction – picking up the dropped "th", for instance, on "fink" and "fought".

Their diction was well calculated to placate our fears and rally us behind them.

After analysis of Chaucer's diction and historical context, his work appears to develop a critique of society during his lifetime.

Although his diction presents some peculiarities, the style is metrically correct.

Although nothing explicitly suggests that all four poems are by the same poet, comparative analysis of dialect, verse form, and diction have pointed towards single authorship.

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Common combinations with diction

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "diction" in a sentence?
An example: "Some of his best fight sentences sound as if Joe Rogan had fallen into a trance and assumed the diction and rhythms of Toni Morrison." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "diction" from authentic English texts.
What does "diction" mean?
Diction means: Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication.
What are synonyms of "diction"?
Common synonyms of "diction" include: enunciation, articulation, wording, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage, formulation. Plus 1 more synonyms.
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