phrase
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Synonyms: phase, prase, phrasy, phrae
Antonyms: phase, prase, phrasy, phrae
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Noun
- A short written or spoken [[expression]].
- {{senseid|en|grammar}} {{lb|en|grammar}} 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#English:_core of phrase, in linguistics|head]] (the [[principal]] word or subgroup, with [[core]] importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other [[elaborate|elaborating]] words.
- {{lb|en|music}} A small section of [[music]] in a larger piece.
- {{lb|en|archaic}} A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
- {{lb|en|dance}} A short individual [[motion]] forming part of a [[choreograph]]ed [[dance]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[express]] (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.
- {{lb|en|transitive|intransitive|music}} To perform (a [[passage]]) with a particular [[phrasing]].
- {{lb|en|transitive|music}} To [[divide]] into [[melodic]] phrases.
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