Definition of Phrase. Meaning of Phrase. Synonyms of Phrase

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Definition of Phrase

Phrase
Phrase Phrase, v. i. 1. To use proper or fine phrases. [R.] 2. (Mus.) To group notes into phrases; as, he phrases well. See Phrase, n., 4.

Meaning of Phrase from wikipedia

- In everyday speech, a phrase is any group of words, often carrying a special idiomatic meaning; in this sense it is synonymous with expression. In linguistic...
- A set phrase or fixed phrase is a phrase whose parts are fixed in a certain order, even if the phrase could be changed without harming the literal meaning...
- phrase or nominal (phrase) is a phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as such a phrase...
- In music theory, a phrase (Gr****: φράση) is a unit of musical meter that has a complete musical sense of its own, built from figures, motifs, and cells...
- A laconic phrase or laconism is a concise or terse statement, especially a blunt and elliptical rejoinder. It is named after Laconia, the region of Greece...
- Phrasing may refer to: Phrasing (DJ) Musical phrasing Textual phrasing (linguistics) Phrase (disambiguation)...
- catchphrase (alternatively spelled catch phrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Such phrases often originate in po****r culture...
- adpositional phrase, in linguistics, is a syntactic category that includes prepositional phrases, postpositional phrases, and cir****positional phrases. Adpositional...
- Sesame" (French: Sésame, ouvre-toi) (Arabic: افتح يا سمسم‎) is a magical phrase in the story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" in One Thousand and One...
- A proverbial phrase or a proverbial expression is type of a conventional saying similar to proverbs and transmitted by oral tradition. The difference is...
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