Phrase definition
(music) A short passage or segment, often consisting of four measures or forming part of a larger unit.
noun
To divide (a passage) into phrases.
verb
Phrase is defined as to express in words.
An example of phrase is to compose an apology.
verb
To express orally or in writing.
The speaker phrased several opinions.
verb
The definition of a phrase is two or more words that express an idea and are a part of a sentence.
An example of phrase is "went to the store."
noun
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(music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
noun
(music) To divide into melodic phrases.
verb
To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of words.
verb
To express in a certain way, as by selecting particular words to make a phrase.
verb
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A brief, apt, and cogent expression.
The phrase “out of the frying pan and into the fire.”
noun
A series of dance movements forming a unit in a choreographic pattern.
noun
A characteristic way or mode of expression.
An apt turn of phrase.
noun
To make or express phrases.
verb
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(music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
verb
(intransitive, music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
verb
A sequence of words that have meaning, especially when forming part of a sentence.
noun
To combine (notes) in a phrase.
verb
(music) To mark off or divide (notes) into phrases.
verb
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A manner or style of speech or expression; phraseology.
noun
A short, colorful or forceful expression.
noun
A connected series of movements in a formal dance.
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(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.
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(linguis.) A group of words that functions as a syntactic unit.
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(music) A short, distinct part or passage, usually of two, four, or eight measures.
noun
Origin of phrase
- Latin phrasis diction from Greek speech, diction, phrase from phrazein to point out, show gwhren- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrasis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrazō, “I tell, express”).
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