Phrase
[freɪz] or [frez]
Definition
(noun.) dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence.
(noun.) an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence.
(noun.) a short musical passage.
(verb.) divide, combine, or mark into phrases; 'phrase a musical passage'.
Checker: Lucy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human.
(n.) A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression.
(n.) A short clause or portion of a period.
(v. t.) To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style.
(v. i.) To use proper or fine phrases.
(v. i.) To group notes into phrases; as, he phrases well. See Phrase, n., 4.
Checker: Roberta
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Expression (forming part of a sentence).[2]. Idiom, peculiar expression, turn of expression.[3]. Style, diction, phraseology, manner of expression, mode of speech.
v. a. Call, name, style, term, denominate, entitle, designate, christen, dub.
Typed by Brian
Definition
n. two or more words expressing a single idea by themselves or showing the manner or style in which a person expresses himself: part of a sentence: a short pithy expression: phraseology: (mus.) a short clause or portion of a sentence.—v.t. to express in words: to style.—n. Phrase′-book a book containing or explaining phrases.—adj. Phrase′less incapable of being described.—ns. Phrase′-man Phrase′-mong′er a wordy speaker or writer; Phrā′seogram Phrā′seograph a combination of shorthand characters to represent a phrase or sentence.—adjs. Phraseolog′ic -al pertaining to phraseology: consisting of phrases.—adv. Phraseolog′ically.—ns. Phraseol′ogist a maker or a collector of phrases; Phrāseol′ogy style or manner of expression or arrangement of phrases: peculiarities of diction: a collection of phrases in a language; Phrā′ser a mere maker or repeater of phrases.—adj. Phrā′sical.—n. Phrā′sing the wording of a speech or passage: (mus.) the grouping and accentuation of the sounds in a melody.
Typist: Sophie
Examples
- Mrs. Bulstrode did not wish to go nearer to the facts than in the phrase make some amends; knowing that her husband must understand her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She abruptly thrust the letter (as the phrase is) into my face. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- If as a set-off (excuse the legal phrase from a barrister-at-law) you would like to ask Tippins to tea, I pledge myself to make love to her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The same notion lies imbedded in the phrase: government must serve the people. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I wasn't ready in myself,' he mimicked her phrase offensively. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This distinction existed not for him, however, and he was quite satisfied with the English phrase. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I never understood the phrase 'child of Nature' until I saw Caliphronas, and it is the only way in which he can be explained. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves a meaning. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Germans were doubled up with laughter, hearing his strange droll words, his droll phrases of dialect. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I know that no end of phrases could be adduced to show the inclusiveness of the word labor. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Oh, I do think these phrases are too absurdly wonderful. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A certain set of words and phrases, as much belonging to tourists as the College and the Snuggery belonged to the jail, was always in their mouths. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Marx, we are told, could use phrases like democratic miasma. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Often as not they disguise it under heroic phrases and still louder affirmation, just as most of us hide our cowardly submission to monotony under some word like duty, loyalty, conscience. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Once make her certain that the path of duty, as she commonly phrased it, lay in any given direction, and fire and water could not keep her from it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- They sought (hating war as most of them did) to establish a universal culture, or, as they phrased it, a constant intelligence throughout all civil nations. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She saw that at all costs she must keep Mrs. Peniston's favour till, as Mrs. Bart would have phrased it, she could stand on her own legs. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Edited by Alexander