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set phrase

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrasenoun

    an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

Wiktionary

  1. set phrasenoun

    A common expression whose wording is not subject to variation.

  2. set phrasenoun

    A common expression whose words cannot be replaced by synonymous words without compromising the meaning.

Wikipedia

  1. set phrase

    A phraseme, also called a set phrase, fixed expression, idiomatic phrase, multiword expression (in computational linguistics), or idiom, is a multi-word or multi-morphemic utterance whose components include at least one that is selectionally constrained or restricted by linguistic convention such that it is not freely chosen. In the most extreme cases, there are expressions such as X kicks the bucket ≈ ‘person X dies of natural causes, the speaker being flippant about X’s demise’ where the unit is selected as a whole to express a meaning that bears little or no relation to the meanings of its parts. All of the words in this expression are chosen restrictedly, as part of a chunk. At the other extreme, there are collocations such as stark naked, hearty laugh, or infinite patience where one of the words is chosen freely (naked, laugh, and patience, respectively) based on the meaning the speaker wishes to express while the choice of the other (intensifying) word (stark, hearty, infinite) is constrained by the conventions of the English language (hence, *hearty naked, *infinite laugh, *stark patience). Both kinds of expression are phrasemes, and can be contrasted with ’’free phrases’’, expressions where all of the members (barring grammatical elements whose choice is forced by the morphosyntax of the language) are chosen freely, based exclusively on their meaning and the message that the speaker wishes to communicate.

ChatGPT

  1. set phrase

    A set phrase is a group of words that are commonly used together in a fixed and unchangeable manner, often with a specific meaning that may not be immediately apparent from the individual words. These phrases can include idioms, colloquial expressions, proverbs, or clichés. They are typically understood by native speakers and are often used in both spoken and written language to convey certain ideas or concepts.

Wikidata

  1. Set phrase

    A set phrase or fixed phrase is a phrase whose parts are fixed, even if the phrase could be changed without harming the literal meaning. This is because a set phrase is a culturally accepted phrase. A set phrase does not necessarily have any literal meaning in and of itself. Set phrases may function as idioms or as words with a unique referent. There is no clear dividing line between a commonly used phrase and a set phrase. It is also not easy to draw a clear distinction between set phrases and compound words. In theoretical linguistics, two-word set phrases are said to arise during the generative formation of English nouns. A certain stricter notion of set phrases, more in line with the concept of a lexical item, provides an important underpinning for the formulation of Meaning-Text Theory.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of set phrase in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of set phrase in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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