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Definition of illocution noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

illocution

noun

NAmE//ˌɪləˈkyuʃn//

[uncountable, countable] (linguistics)

an action performed by speaking or writing, for example ordering, warning or promising

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illocutionary

NAmE//ˌɪləˈkyuʃəˌnɛri//

adjectiveSee illocution in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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