Defenition of the word phrase
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Defenition of the word phrase
- Group of words whose meaning is different from the sum of its parts.
- put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
- an expression forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence but not containing a finite verb
- a short musical passage two to four measures long
- a short musical passage
- dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
- an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
- divide, combine, or mark into phrases
- put into words or an expression
Synonyms for the word phrase
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- articulate
- axiom
- couch
- express
- expression
- formulate
- idiom
- idiomatic expression
- musical phrase
- phrasal idiom
- put
- put into words
- say
- saying
- set phrase
- slogan
- turn of phrase
- verbalize
- word
Similar words in the phrase
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- phrase
- phrase's
- phraseology
- phraseology's
- phrases
Meronymys for the word phrase
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- air
- headword
- line
- melodic line
- melodic phrase
- melody
- modifier
- qualifier
- strain
- tune
Hyponyms for the word phrase
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- ask
- cast
- catch phrase
- catchphrase
- couch
- dogmatise
- dogmatize
- formularise
- formularize
- frame
- lexicalise
- lexicalize
- ligature
- nominal
- nominal phrase
- noun phrase
- ostinato
- predicate
- prepositional phrase
- pronominal
- pronominal phrase
- put
- redact
- response
- ruralism
- rusticism
- verb phrase
Hypernyms for the word phrase
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- arrange
- construction
- dance
- dancing
- evince
- express
- expression
- grammatical construction
- locution
- musical passage
- order
- passage
- put
- saltation
- saying
- set up
- show
- terpsichore
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