PHRASE
\fɹˈe͡ɪz], \fɹˈeɪz], \f_ɹ_ˈeɪ_z]\
Definitions of PHRASE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
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a short musical passage
By Princeton University
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put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
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a short musical passage
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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; as, an adverbial phrase.
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A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human.
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A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression.
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A short clause or portion of a period.
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To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style.
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To use proper or fine phrases.
By Oddity Software
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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; as, an adverbial phrase.
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A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human.
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A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression.
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A short clause or portion of a period.
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To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style.
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To use proper or fine phrases.
By Noah Webster.
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In grammar, a group of related words not containing a subject and a predicate; any brief pithy expression; style or manner of speech.
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To put into words, especially into suitable words.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A part of a sentence: a short pithy expression: a form of speech: (music) a short clause or portion of a sentence.
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To express in words: to style.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin, Greek] A brief expression or part of a sentence;—a short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed;—the manner or style in which any one expresses himself; diction;—in music, a connected series of notes beginning and ending an idea or expression; passage; bar.
