MEANING
Relating to the literal act of saying words with a particular meaning or reference.
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The literal words or meaning of an utterance, apart from its effect.Use when distinguishing what an utterance literally says from what a speaker does with it.
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The locutionary content was a question, though the guard heard a threat.
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