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- [freyz]
- /freɪz/
- /freɪz/
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- [freyz]
- /freɪz/
Definitions of phrase word
- noun phrase Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb. 1
- noun phrase Rhetoric. a word or group of spoken words that the mind focuses on momentarily as a meaningful unit and is preceded and followed by pauses. 1
- noun phrase a characteristic, current, or proverbial expression: a hackneyed phrase. 1
- noun phrase Music. a division of a composition, commonly a passage of four or eight measures, forming part of a period. 1
- noun phrase a way of speaking, mode of expression, or phraseology: a book written in the phrase of the West. 1
- noun phrase a brief utterance or remark: In a phrase, he's a dishonest man. 1
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Origin of phrase
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
1520-30; (noun) back formation from phrases, plural of earlier phrasis < Latin phrasis diction, style (plural phrasēs) < Greek phrásis diction, style, speech, equivalent to phrá(zein) to speak + -sis -sis; (v.) derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Phrase
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
phrase popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for phrase
noun phrase
- acronym — An acronym is a word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase, especially when this is used as a name. An example of an acronym is NATO which is made up of the first letters of the 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization'.
- acronyms — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- acrostic — a number of lines of writing, such as a poem, certain letters of which form a word, proverb, etc. A single acrostic is formed by the initial letters of the lines, a double acrostic by the initial and final letters, and a triple acrostic by the initial, middle, and final letters
- by-word — a word or phrase associated with some person or thing; a characteristic expression, typical greeting, or the like.
- command language — the language used to access a computer system
verb phrase
- bring forward — If you bring forward a meeting or event, you arrange for it to take place at an earlier date or time than had been planned.
- couch — A couch is a long, comfortable seat for two or three people.
- formulate — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- mapped — a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- mapping — function
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