phrase

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 See also 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 External links 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: frāz, IPA: /fɹeɪz/, SAMPA: /fr\eIz/
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  Rhymes: -eɪz

• Homophones: frays

[edit] Etymology

From Late Latin phrasis (“‘diction’”) < Ancient Greek φράσις (phrasis), “‘manner of expression’”), from φράζω (phrazō), “‘I tell, express’”).

[edit] Noun

phrase (plural phrases)

Examples (grammar)
noun phrase: the big bird - head: bird

1. A short written or spoken expression.
2. (grammar) A word or 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. (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.

[edit] Synonyms

• (expression): figure of speech, locution
• See also Wikisaurus:phrase

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] See also

• Phrase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to phrase (third-person singular simple present phrases, present participle phrasing, simple past and past participle phrased)

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

[edit] Derived terms

• phrasing

[edit] Related terms

• paraphrase
• rephrase

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• phrase in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• phrase in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fʁaz/, SAMPA: /fRaz/

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[edit] Noun

phrase f. (plural phrases)

1. (false friend) sentence