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Phrase

//fɹeɪz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A short written or spoken expression.
  2. 2
    dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence wordnet
  3. 3
    A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.

    "Holonyms: clause, sentence; phrasing, phraseology, turn of phrase; phrase-book; document, message; language; communication"

  4. 4
    an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence wordnet
  5. 5
    A small section of music in a larger piece.
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  1. 6
    a short musical passage wordnet
  2. 7
    A mode or form of speech; diction; expression. archaic

    "Thou speak'st / In better phrase and matter than thou didst."

  3. 8
    an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up wordnet
  4. 9
    A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.
Verb
  1. 1
    To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words. transitive

    "I wasn't sure how to phrase my condolences without sounding patronising."

  2. 2
    divide, combine, or mark into phrases wordnet
  3. 3
    To perform (a passage) with a particular phrasing. intransitive, transitive
  4. 4
    put into words or an expression wordnet
  5. 5
    To divide into melodic phrases. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrázō, “I tell, express”).

Etymology 2

From Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrázō, “I tell, express”).

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