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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The use of synonyms to avoid repetition (regarded as a stylistic fault when done excessively).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: journalism, literature, media, publishing
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Synonyms: inelegant variation
Antonyms: none provided
History
Introduced by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler in The King's English (1906).
