| has gloss | (noun) the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"
formulation, expression |
| lexicalization | eng: expression |
| lexicalization | eng: formulation |
| subclass of | (noun) a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"
style, expressive style |
| has subclass | (noun) the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form
sentimentalism |
| has subclass | (noun) an expression of respect; "the Japanese use many honorifics"
honorific |
| has subclass | (noun) the use of an archaic expression
archaism, archaicism |
| has subclass | (noun) standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories
boilerplate |
| has subclass | (noun) a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
colloquialism |
| has subclass | (noun) a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
idiom, parlance |
| has subclass | (noun) an expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by Americans
Americanism |
| has subclass | (noun) an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English)
Briticism, Britishism, Anglicism |
| has subclass | (noun) the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton
choice of words, diction, verbiage, phraseology, phrasing, wording |