[lə(ʊ)ˈkjuːʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a word or phrase, especially with regard to style or idiom

- an utterance regarded in terms of its intrinsic meaning or reference, as distinct from its function or purpose in context


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin locutio(n-), from loqui ‘speak’