phrase

Meaning

Noun

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, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.
3. A small section of music in a larger piece.
4. (archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
5. A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.

Verb

1. (transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To perform (a passage) with a particular phrasing.
3. (transitive) To divide into melodic phrases.

Synonyms

expression

word

sentence

idiom

saying

clause

words

locution

speech

formulate

proverb

set phrase

maxim

express

couch

🛋️

phrasal idiom

articulate

language

musical phrase

give voice

figure of speech

expressions

epigram

idiomatic expression

term

remark

statement

turn of speech

gnome

frame

crisis

for sure

cant

formula

format

compound word

form

phraseology

cliches

axiom

aphorism

pare

paragraph

motto

facing

part of a sentence

model

phrases

platitude

letter

Translations

phrase

locution

espressione

frase

φράση

frase

locuzione

Phrase

Redewendung

frase

syntagme

formulare

formulieren

expression

frase

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹeɪz/

Etymology

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