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illocutes

illocutes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of illocute.

Meaning of illocute

Verb

illocute (third-person singular simple present illocutes, present participle illocuting, simple past and past participle illocuted)

  1. To perform an illocutionary act.
    • In some such cases, at least, there will be illocutions q such that S can illocute q and thereby (among other things) convey to A that p.1981, Peter Cole, Radical pragmatics, New York: Academic Press, →OCLC, page 93

Questions about illocutes

What is illocutes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Illocutes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of illocute.

Words near illocutes in the dictionary

  1. illocal
  2. illocality
  3. illocally
  4. illocute
  5. illocuted
  6. illocutes
  7. illocuting
  8. illocution
  9. illocutional
  10. illocutionarily
  11. illocutionarity

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