Phrase

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  • noun. A sequence of words that have meaning, especially when forming part of a sentence.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A characteristic way or mode of expression.
  • noun. A brief, apt, and cogent expression.
  • noun. A short passage or segment, often consisting of four measures or forming part of a larger unit.
  • noun. A series of dance movements forming a unit in a choreographic pattern.
  • intransitive verb. To express orally or in writing.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To divide (a passage) into phrases.
  • intransitive verb. To combine (notes) in a phrase.
  • intransitive verb. To make or express phrases.
  • intransitive verb. To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To employ peculiar phrases or forms of speech; ex press one's self.
  • In music, to divide a piece in performance into short sections or phrases, so as to bring out the metrical and harmonic form of the whole, and make it musically intelligible; also, to perform any group of tones without pause.
  • To express or designate by a particular phrase or term; call; style.
  • noun. A brief expression; more specifically, two or more words expressing what is practically a single notion, and thus performing the office of a single part of speech, or entering with a certain degree of unity into the structure of a sentence.
  • noun. A peculiar or characteristic expression; a mode of expression peculiar to a language; an idiom.
  • noun. The manner or style in which a person ex presses himself; diction; phraseology; language; also, an expression, or a form of expression.
  • noun. In music, a short and somewhat independent division or part of a piece, less complete than a period, and usually closing with a cadence or a half-cadence.
  • noun. In fencing, a period between the beginning and end of a short passage at arms between fencers during which there is no pause, each fencer thrusting and parrying in turn
  • noun. See the adjectives.
  • noun. Synonyms See term.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech.
  • noun. A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression.
  • noun. A short clause or portion of a period.
  • noun. a book of idiomatic phrases.
  • intransitive verb. To use proper or fine phrases.
  • intransitive verb. To group notes into phrases. See Phrase, n., 4.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A short written or spoken expression.
  • noun. A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.
  • noun. A small section of music in a larger piece.
  • verb. (music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
  • verb. To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of words.
  • verb. (music) To divide into melodic phrases.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
  • noun. an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
  • noun. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
  • verb. put into words or an expression
  • verb. divide, combine, or mark into phrases
  • noun. a short musical passage
  • Form
    phrased  phrasing  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blaise  Blase  Chevrolets  Hayes  Hays  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    absolute  answer  case  clause  cut  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form