phrase

Meaning

1. A short written or spoken expression.
2. A word or, more commonly, a 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.
3. A small section of music in a larger piece.
4. A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
5. A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.

idiomatic expression

musical phrase

phrasal idiom

epigram

figure of speech

turn of speech

part of a sentence

such a

what a

you’re welcome

express in words

phraseological unit

group of words

combination of words

critical stage

compound-word

bunsetsu

idiomatical expression

wheeling round

phrasal unit

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹeɪz/

From Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrázō, “I tell, express”).

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