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phrase Definition

phrase (frāz)

noun

  1. a manner or style of speech or expression; phraseology
  2. a short, colorful or forceful expression
  3. a connected series of movements in a formal dance
  4. Gram. a sequence of two or more words conveying a single thought or forming a distinct part of a sentence but not containing a subject and predicate
  5. Linguis. a group of words that functions as a syntactic unit
  6. Music a short, distinct part or passage, usually of two, four, or eight measures

Etymology: L phrasis, diction < Gr < phrazein, to speak

transitive verb, intransitive verb phrased, phras′·ing

  1. to express in words or in a phrase
  2. Music to mark off or divide (notes) into phrases

phrase Synonyms

phrase

n.

group of words, idiom, expression, slogan, catchword, maxim, wordgroup.

Grammatical phrases include: prepositional, gerund, gerundive, participial, infinitive, noun, adjective, adjectival, adverbial, conjunctive, absolute, attributive, headed, nonheaded, exocentric, endocentric, subordinate, restrictive, nonrestrictive.

phrase Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • coin: Chris first coined the phrase " The Long Tail " in the 2004 Wired article by the same name.
  • borrow: It's expensive, but to borrow a phrase from a rather different product, it does what it says on the tin.
  • repeat: He repeated a phrase in Welsh for a meeting of the Carmarthen Labor Party.
  • translate: Break down complex forms into easier forms Code Generation: translate each phrase into equivalent form.
  • hear: How many times have you heard the phrase, " resting the voice " ?
  • use: Then the price, I've often used the phrase, " You get a lot of bang for your buck " .

Adjective modifier

  • prepositional: Prepositional phrases can modify nouns, e.g. the man in the moon.
  • exact: This is the exact phrase George W Bush used to defeat John Kerry in November 2004.
  • adverbial: See noun phrase, adjectival phrase and adverbial phrase.
  • Latin: Monrovia 56 Which Latin phrase means, in good faith?
  • meaningless: Whether the lack of generally meaningless stock phrases is a risk, I don't know.
  • participial: Examples: Verbs, nouns, conjunctions participial phrase a phrase beginning with a present or past participle.

Modifies a noun

  • ': What do I mean by the phrase ' the inadequate state of the current intellectual vocabulary ' ?
  • quot: Was a favortramontin phrase quot we're your policy includes.

Noun used with modifier

  • noun: The search engine will examine the query, extract nouns and noun phrases and construct a query for the user.
  • keyword: Goto Keywords - Shows how many times each keyword phrase was used in the last month.
  • traffic-pulling: So how is it possible to select a powerful traffic-pulling phrase in this fashion without researching it in real time?
  • catch: There are a few catch phrases thrown in from various other famous films along the way, which add to the comedy.
  • multi-word: Keyphrases are multi-word phrases used in search engine queries.
  • search: What sorts of search phrases do you think they will be typing in on Google?