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Definition of 'Phrase'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) phrase
a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical unit and lacking a finite verb or such elements of clause structure as subject and verb, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb, esp. such a construction acting as a unit in a sentence.

2.  phrase
a characteristic, current, or proverbial expression.

3.  phrase
a way of speaking, mode of expression, or phraseology.

4.  phrase
a brief utterance or remark.

5.  phrase
a division of a musical composition, commonly a passage of four or eight measures, forming part of a period.

6.  phrase
a sequence of dance motions making up part of a choreographic pattern.

7. (v.t.) phrase
to express or word in a particular way.

8.  phrase
to express in words.

9.  phrase
to mark off or bring out the phrases of (a piece of music), esp. in execution.

10.  phrase
to group (notes) into a phrase.

11. (v.i.) phrase
to perform a musical passage or piece with proper phrasing.

Etymology: (1520–30; (n.) back formation from phrases, pl. of earlier phrasis < L: diction, style < Gk phrásis, der. of phrázein to show)

Definition of 'Phrase'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) phrase
an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence

2. (noun) phrase, musical phrase
a short musical passage

3. (noun) idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

4. (verb) phrase
dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence

5. (verb) give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate
put into words or an expression
"He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"

6. (verb) phrase
divide, combine, or mark into phrases
"phrase a musical passage"

Definition of 'Phrase'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) phrase
a group of words with a fixed order and its own meaning
a dictionary containing thousands of words and phrases

2. phrase
a group of words that form a unit within a clause or sentence
a prepositional phrase

Definition of 'Phrase'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Phrase
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

2. (noun) Phrase
a short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human

3. (noun) Phrase
a mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression

4. (noun) Phrase
a short clause or portion of a period

5. (verb) Phrase
to express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style

6. (verb) Phrase
to use proper or fine phrases

7. (verb) Phrase
to group notes into phrases; as, he phrases well. See Phrase, n., 4

Translation of 'Phrase'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a small group of words (usually without a finite verb) which forms part of an actual or implied sentence He arrived
Afrikaans: frase	Arabic: عِبارَه	Bulgarian: фраза
Brazilian: sintagma	Czech: slovní spojení	German: der Ausdruck
Danish: ordforbindelse	Greek: φράση	Spanish: frase
Estonian: sõnarühm	Farsi: عبارت	Finnish: lauseke
French: syntagme	Hebrew: מִשפָּט	Hindi: मुहावरा
Croatian: fraza, izraz	Hungarian: csoport; szókapcsolat, sz	Indonesian: frase
Icelandic: frasi, orðasamband	Italian: frase, sintagma	Japanese: 句
Korean: 어구	Lithuanian: frazė, žodžių junginys, p	Latvian: frāze; vārdkopa
Malay: frasa	Dutch: zinsdeel	Norwegian: uttrykk, vending
Polish: wyrażenie	Persian: عبارت	Pashto: نيمګړې جمله، په ګرامركې د
Portuguese: sintagma	Romanian: frază	Russian: фраза, словосочетание
Slovak: slovné spojenie	Slovenian: poved	Serbian: fraza
Swedish: fras	Thai: วลี	Turkish: sözcük takımı
Taiwanese: 短語，慣用語，詞組	Ukrainian: фраза	Urdu: جزو جملہ، مرکب ناقص
Vietnamese: cụm từ	Chinese: 短语，惯用语，词组
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