■ noun Philosophy & Linguistics an act of speaking or writing which has an action as its aim but which in itself does not effect or constitute the action, for example persuading or convincing.
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■ noun Philosophy & Linguistics an act of speaking or writing which has an action as its aim but which in itself does not effect or constitute the action, for example persuading or convincing.
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~ary adjective
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004