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The way something is expressed on paper
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wording
Word definitions for wording in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the exact wording (= the words that were used in a letter, speech, etc, with nothing changed ) ▪ What was the exact wording of the message? COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB use ▪ Although using different wording , the ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word \Word\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wording .] To express in words; to phrase. The apology for the king is the same, but worded with greater deference to that great prince. --Addison. To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: diction , phrasing , phraseology , choice of words , verbiage ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"choice of words, manner in which something is expressed," apparently coined by Milton in "Eikonoklastes" (1649). From present participle of word (v.).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context uncountable English) A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context. vb. (present participle of word English)
Usage examples of wording.
He thoroughly understood that the wording of the letter might be very important to him, and he took much trouble with it.
Austria in 1809 had not been sufficiently well concealed from Napoleon, and from the awkward wording of Memorandum No.
Since some of the wording in these reports is identical with the later published paper, we can be sure that these are indeed the original notes.
I understood it, sir, the order gave him a qualified permission, sir--I confess I went out of my way to ask for the exact wording, and to persuade him that was the case.
He had asked Babcott and Hoag to smooth the wording of the death certificates but was told, as expected, it could not be done.
The text was hedged round with prologues and appendices, legal wordings that had to do with humankind's propensity for complicating matters best left simple.
Simon has been unable to shed light on the wordings or possible meanings of these expensive communications, which leads me to conclude that the senders are using a type of code that is particularly difficult to break.
Nangi, Ikusa and Ken Oroshi chatted informally like the best of friends while the lawyers pored over their arcane wordings, nit-picking each other to death.
Nangi, Ikusa and Ken Oroshi chatted informally like the best of friends while the lawyers pored over their arcane wordings, nit-picking each other to death.