phraseme

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Synonyms: phrase, phrases, phrased, phraseman, phrasemen, phraser

Antonyms: phrase, phrases, phrased, phraseman, phrasemen, phraser

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|linguistics}} An [[utterance]], consisting of multiple [[word]]s or [[morpheme]]s, at least one of whose [[component]]s is [[selectional]]ly [[constrained]] or [[restricted]] by [[linguistic]] [[convention]] such that it is not freely chosen; a [[lexicalize]]d [[multi-word expression]].

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