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    DIRECT DISCOURSE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g.,play

    Example:

    he said 'I am a fool'

    Synonyms:

    direct discourse; direct quotation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("direct discourse" is a kind of...):

    account; report (the act of informing by verbal report)

    Antonym:

    indirect discourse (a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g.,)

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