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Phrase Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Phrase?
[n] an expression forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence but not containing a finite verb
[n] a short musical passage [n] an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up [v] put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" Synonyms | Synonyms for Phrase: articulate | formulate | idiom | idiomatic expression | musical phrase | phrasal idiom | set phrase | word Related Terms | Find terms related to Phrase: adage | address | adjectival phrase | affirmation | allegation | ana | anacrusis | analects | answer | aphorism | apostrophe | apothegm | article | articulate | assertion | averment | axiom | back matter | bass passage | book | bourdon | breathe | bridge | burden | byword | cadence | catchword | chapter | chestnut | chime | choice of words | chorus | clause | cliche | coda | collected sayings | collocation | colloquialism | column | come out with | comment | commonplace | communicate | composition | conceive | convey | couch | couch in terms | crack | current saying | declaration | delineate | deliver | describe | development | dialect | dictate | diction | dictum | disclose | distich | division | embody in words | emit | enunciate | epigram | exclamation | exposition | express | expression | fascicle | figure | fling off | folderol | folio | formularize | formulate | formulation | frame | front matter | gathering | give | give expression | give expression to | give out with | give tongue | give utterance | give voice | give words to | glosseme | gnome | golden saying | grammar | greeting | harmonic close | icon | idiom | impart | installment | interjection | interlude | intermezzo | introductory phrase | language | leitmotiv | let out | lexeme | lexical form | lip | livraison | locution | manner of speaking | maxim | measure | mention | moral | morpheme | mot | motif | motive | motto | movement | musical phrase | musical sentence | note | noun phrase | number | observation | oracle | ornament | out with | page | paragraph | parlance | part | Parthian shot | passage | period | phonate | phraseology | phrasing | pithy saying | platitude | position | pour forth | precept | prescript | present | pronounce | pronouncement | proverb | proverbial saying | proverbs | put | put forth | put in words | question | raise | reflection | refrain | remark | resolution | response | rhetoric | rhetorize | ritornello | saw | say | saying | section | semasiological unit | sememe | sentence | sententious expression | serial | set forth | set out | sheet | sign | signature | signifiant | significant | slogan | sloka | sound | speech | stanza | state | statement | stock saying | strain | style | subject | subjoinder | sutra | symbol | syntax | tailpiece | talk | teaching | tell | term | text | theme | thought | throw off | token | tutti | tutti passage | type | usage | use of words | usus loquendi | utter | utterance | variation | verb phrase | verbalize | verbiage | verse | vocabulary | vocalize | voice | volume | way of speaking | whisper | wisdom | wisdom literature | wise saying | witticism | word | wordage | word-group | wording | words of wisdom | write See Also | air | ask | cast | catch phrase | catchphrase | construction | couch | dogmatise | dogmatize | evince | express | expression | formularise | formularize | frame | grammatical construction | head word | headword | lexicalise | lexicalize | ligature | line | locution | melodic line | melodic phrase | melody | modifier | musical passage | noun phrase | ostinato | passage | predicate | prepositional phrase | put | qualifier | redact | response | saying | show | strain | tune | verb phrase Phrase In Webster's Dictionary \Phrase\, n. [F., fr. L. phrasis diction, phraseology,
Gr. ?, fr. ? to speak.]
1. A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually
two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or
being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase.
``Convey'' the wise it call. ``Steal!'' foh! a fico
for the phrase. --Shak.
2. A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often
employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to
err is human.
3. A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any
one expreses himself; diction; expression. ``Phrases of
the hearth.'' --Tennyson.
Thou speak'st In better phrase and matter than thou
didst. --Shak.
4. (Mus.) A short clause or portion of a period.
Note: A composition consists first of sentences, or periods;
these are subdivided into sections, and these into
phrases.
{Phrase book}, a book of idiomatic phrases. --J. S. Blackie.
\Phrase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Phrased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Phrasing}.] [Cf. F. phraser.] To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style. ``These suns -- for so they phrase 'em.'' --Shak. \Phrase\, v. i. 1. To use proper or fine phrases. [R.] 2. (Mus.) To group notes into phrases; as, he phrases well. See {Phrase}, n., 4. |
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