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phrase
[ freyz ]
noun
- Grammar.
- a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.
- (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- Rhetoric. a word or group of spoken words that the mind focuses on momentarily as a meaningful unit and is preceded and followed by pauses.
- a characteristic, current, or proverbial expression:
a hackneyed phrase.
- Music. a division of a composition, commonly a passage of four or eight measures, forming part of a period.
- a way of speaking, mode of expression, or phraseology:
a book written in the phrase of the West.
- a brief utterance or remark:
In a phrase, he's a dishonest man.
- Dance. a sequence of motions making up part of a choreographic pattern.
verb (used with object)
- to express or word in a particular way:
to phrase an apology well.
- to express in words:
to phrase one's thoughts.
- Music.
- to mark off or bring out the phrases of (a piece), especially in execution.
- to group (notes) into a phrase.
verb (used without object)
- Music. to perform a passage or piece with proper phrasing.
phrase
/ freɪz /
noun
- a group of words forming an immediate syntactic constituent of a clause Compare clause noun phrase verb phrase
- a particular expression, esp an original one
- music a small group of notes forming a coherent unit of melody
- (in choreography) a short sequence of dance movements
verb
- music to divide (a melodic line, part, etc) into musical phrases, esp in performance
- to express orally or in a phrase
Other Words From
- mis·phrase verb (used with object) misphrased misphrasing
- un·phrased adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of phrase1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Better that than to learn phrases from a textbook — something she declines to use.
No one who works with migrants, no one who works on border security, would ever say the sort of words or phrases routinely in political slogans: “stop the boats” or “smash the gangs”.
The phrase, which references how quickly fortunes can change, feels like one of the most fitting “Harbaughisms” for a team trying to shed its history as crunch-time losers.
But then the phrase "This will fix me" popped in my head and I landed on a take that I hadn't ever previously in all my other times watching this.
Jordan said they asked California officials to describe the measure in the ballot summary with the phrase, “Slavery of any kind is prohibited.”
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