Usually means: Utterance or phrase with meaning.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word locution:

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  1. locution: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. locution: Merriam-Webster
  3. locution: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. locution: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. locution: Collins English Dictionary
  6. locution: Vocabulary.com
  7. locution: Wordnik
  8. locution: Wiktionary
  9. locution: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. locution: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. locution: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Locution, locution: Dictionary.com
  13. locution: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Locution (catchphrase), Locution (paranormal), Locution: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Locution: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. locution: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. locution: Rhymezone
  18. Locution: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. locution: FreeDictionary.org
  20. locution: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. locution: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. locution: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. locution: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A phrase or expression peculiar to or characteristic of a given person or group of people.
noun:  The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
noun:  Style of discourse or usage, or any particular utterance in such style.
noun:  (religion) A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.

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