Phrase

/fɹeɪz/

Synonyms for "phrase" (312 found)

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Noun(11 words)

expression idiomset phraseall ofart thou comingarticulatecatalan especialchunksclass of phraseconstituents construct

adage addressadjectival phraseaffirmation allegation ana anacrusis analects answer aphorism apostrophe apothegm article articulate assertion averment axiomback matterbass passagebook

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bourdon breathe bridge burden byword cadence catchword chapter chestnut chimechoice of wordschorus clause cliche codacollected sayingscollocation colloquialism columncome out withcomment commonplace communicate composition conceive construction convey couchcouch in terms

Verb(3 words)

articulate articulated couched

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Noun(15 words)

couches couching devil express expressionsfigure of speechfixed expressionformulate fragment frameidiomatic expressionlanguage unitslick lilts locutions

crackcurrent sayingdeclaration delineate deliver describe development dialect dictate diction dictum disclose distich divisionembody in wordsemit enunciate epigram exclamation exposition

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express expression falderal fascicle figurefling offfolderol folio formularize formulate formulation framefront mattergathering givegive expressiongive expression togive out withgive tonguegive utterancegive voicegive words toglosseme gnomegolden sayinggrammar greetingharmonic closeicon idiom impart installment interjection interlude intermezzointroductory phraselanguage leitmotivlet outlexemelexical formlip livraison locutionmanner of speakingmaxim measure mention moral morpheme mot motif

Verb(2 words)

formulategive voice

Adjective(4 words)

grammatical uniticelandic lungikinematic forcelexical item

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motive motto movementmusical phrasemusical sentencenotenoun phrasenumber observation oracle ornamentout withpage paragraph parlance partparthian shotpassage period phonate

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phraseology phrasingpithy sayingplatitude positionpour forthprecept prescript present pronounce pronouncement proverbproverbial sayingproverbs putput forthput in wordsquestion raise reflection refrain remark resolution response rhetoric rhetorize ritornello saw say saying sectionsemasiological unitsememe sentencesententious expressionserialset forthset outsheet shibboleth sign signature signifiant significant slogan sloka sound speech stanza state statementstock sayingstrain style subject subjoinder sutra symbol syntax tailpiece talk teaching tell term text theme thoughtthrow offtoken tuttitutti passagetype usageuse of wordsusus loquendiutter utterance variationverb phraseverbalize verbiage verse vocabulary vocalize voice volume watchwordway of speakingwhisper wisdomwisdom literaturewise sayingwitticism word word-group wordage wordingwords of wisdomwrite

Noun(28 words)

musical phrasenote phrasephrasal idiomphrase kindphrase motifphrase typephrasing a policypolicy termres riddance riffsentence elementsentence partsimply wordedstatestring of wordsstyle of languagesyntagma uttering verbiages

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wordword based writingword formword groupword of the weekword testword unitwords

Verb(4 words)

phrasedslip into chaosword worded

Adjective(5 words)

rough draft languageshapeless garmentspanish fórmulastate-governmental directivewild imagination

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More general

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arrange communicate construction convey dance dancing evince express expressionexpressive formfigurative languagegrammatical constructiongrammatical unitlanguage unitlinguistic unit

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10 entries

colloquialism idiomnoun phraseparaphraseprepositional phrasequestion phrasingrestateset phrasestatement wordingverb phrase

Collocations

10 entries

common phrasenoun phrasephrase a questionphrase a sentencephrase as a questionphrase carefullyphrase structurephrase the hypothesisprepositional phraseverb phrase

Inflections

3 entries

phrased phrases phrasing

Derivations

6 entries

phrasal phrasebook phraseology phrasing phrastic rephrase

Sample sentences

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You know the phrase, we reap what we sow. I have sown the wind and this is my storm.

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The phrase is meant to insult people.

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