phrase
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noun- 1.
A short written or spoken expression.
- 2.
(grammar) 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
Meronyms: head, complement, adjunct, supplement, modifier; term, word
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(music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
- 4.
(archaic)A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
- 5.
(dance) A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.
I wasn't sure how to phrase my condolences without sounding patronising.
- 2.
(intransitive, transitive)(transitive, intransitive, music) To perform (a passage) with a particular phrasing.
- 3.
(transitive)(transitive, music) To divide into melodic phrases.
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phrasis (diction), from Ancient Greek φράσις (manner of expression), from φράζω (to tell, express).