phrasing

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

phrasing

  1. present participle and gerund of phrase

Noun

[edit]

phrasing (plural phrasings)

  1. The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.
    Synonyms: wording; see also Thesaurus:wording
    • 1870, Mark Twain, chapter 46, in Life on the Mississippi[1], archived from the original on 11 August 2014:
      But for the Sir Walter disease, the character of the Southerner -- or Southron, according to Sir Walter's starchier way of phrasing it -- would be wholly modern, in place of modern and medieval mixed, and the South would be fully a generation further advanced than it is.
  2. (music) The way the musical phrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others.
    • 1977 August 13, Jim Marko, “Swados' Rare and Moving Nightclub Cantata”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 6, page 11:
      I found myself truly moved by a stage event for the first time in years. I found myself humming tunes that one might not rightfully call tunes. Days later, I still remember these musical phrasings in little swatches of sound.

Derived terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]

Anagrams

[edit]