parlance

  • 11parlance — par|lance [ parləns ] noun uncount FORMAL a way of speaking or using words: in official/ordinary parlance …

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  • 12parlance — [ pα:l(ə)ns] noun a particular way of using words, especially one common to those in a subject: medical parlance. Origin C16 (denoting speech or debate): from OFr., from parler speak , from L. parabola comparison (in late L. speech ) …

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  • 13parlance — noun for the character of Lyndsay Ann, she uses her most annoying Valley girl parlance Syn: jargon, language, phraseology, talk, speech, argot, patois, cant; informal lingo, ese, speak …

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  • 14parlance — UK [ˈpɑː(r)ləns] / US [ˈpɑrləns] noun [uncountable] formal a way of speaking or using words in official/ordinary parlance …

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  • 15parlance — par•lance [[t]ˈpɑr ləns[/t]] n. 1) a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; jargon: legal parlance[/ex] 2) speech, esp. a formal discussion or debate 3) talk; parley • Etymology: 1570–80; < AF < OF < parler to speak; see parley …

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  • 16parlance — /ˈpaləns / (say pahluhns) noun 1. way of speaking, or language; idiom; vocabulary: legal parlance. 2. Obsolete talk; parley. {Anglo French, from parler speak, from Latin parabola. See parable} …

  • 17parlance — noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old French, from parler Date: 1577 1. speech; especially formal debate or parley 2. manner or mode of speech ; idiom …

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  • 18parlance — noun /ˈpɑː.ləns,ˈpɑɹ.ləns/ a) A certain way of speaking, of using words, especially when it comes to those with a particular job or interest. b) Speech, discussion or debate. Syn: jargon …

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  • 19parlance — Synonyms and related words: choice of words, composition, dialect, diction, expression, formulation, grammar, idiom, jargon, language, langue, lingo, lingua, locution, parole, personal usage, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, rhetoric, speech, talk …

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  • 20parlance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. language, manner of speaking. See speech. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. speech, manner of speech, tongue; see language 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. language, idiom, lingo, speech, tongue,… …

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