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[syn: wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wording \Word"ing\, n.
The act or manner of expressing in words; style of
expression; phrasing.
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It is believed this wording was above his known style.
--Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Word \Word\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wording.]
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1. To express in words; to phrase.
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The apology for the king is the same, but worded
with greater deference to that great prince.
--Addison.
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2. To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a
word or words. [Obs.] --Howell.
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3. To flatter with words; to cajole. [Obs.] --Shak.
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To word it, to bandy words; to dispute. [Obs.] "To word it
with a shrew." --L'Estrange.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wording
n 1: the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use
concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: wording,
diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words,
verbiage]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "wording":
choice of words, composition, dialect, diction, expression,
formulation, grammar, idiom, language, locution, mode, parlance,
phrase, phraseology, phrasing, rhetoric, speech, style, talk,
usage, use of words, usus loquendi, verbalism, verbiage, wordage