English Explanatory Dictionary

locute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To speak; to say; to utter.
  2. To utter a meaningful sentence; to perform a locutionary act.

Word forms

locute locutes locuting locuted

Etymology

Back-formation from locution. The first sense could also be directly derived from Latin locut-, perfect active participial stem of loquor (“talk, speak”).

Related words

illocute perlocute
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