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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. phrasenoun

    To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.

    Synonyms:
    figure of speech, locution

  2. phrasenoun

    To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of words.

    Synonyms:
    figure of speech, locution

  3. phraseverb

    To divide into melodic phrases.

    Synonyms:
    locution, figure of speech

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. phrase

    An author's diction is strictly his choice and use of words, with no special reference to thought; expression regards the words simply as the vehicle of the thought. Phrase and phraseology apply to words or combinations of words which are somewhat technical; as, in legal phraseology; in military phrase. Diction is general; wording is limited; we speak of the diction of an author or of a work, the wording of a proposition, of a resolution, etc. Verbiage never bears this sense (see CIRCUMLOCUTION.) The language of a writer or speaker may be the national speech he employs; as, the English or French language; or the word may denote his use of that language; as, the author's language is well (or ill) chosen. Style includes diction, expression, rhetorical figures such as metaphor and simile, the effect of an author's prevailing tone of thought, of his personal traits — in short, all that makes up the clothing of thought in words; thus, we speak of a figurative style, a frigid or an argumentative style, etc., or of the style of Macaulay, Prescott, or others. An author's vocabulary is the range of words which he brings into his use. Compare LANGUAGE.

    Synonyms:
    diction, expression, language, phraseology, style, verbiage, vocabulary, wording

Princeton's WordNet4.3 / 4 votes

  1. phrasenoun

    an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence

    Synonyms:
    musical phrase, idiom, set phrase, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom

  2. phrase, musical phrasenoun

    a short musical passage

    Synonyms:
    musical phrase, idiom, set phrase, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom

  3. idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrasenoun

    an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

    Synonyms:
    artistic style, dialect, musical phrase, set phrase, accent, idiom, parlance, phrasal idiom, idiomatic expression

  4. phraseverb

    dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence

    Synonyms:
    musical phrase, idiom, set phrase, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom

  5. give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulateverb

    put into words or an expression

    "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"

    Synonyms:
    sound out, devise, enounce, explicate, say, develop, excogitate, enunciate, articulate, joint, pronounce, vocalise, invent, contrive, vocalize, word, forge, formulate, give voice

  6. phraseverb

    divide, combine, or mark into phrases

    "phrase a musical passage"

    Synonyms:
    give voice, formulate, word, articulate

Matched Categories

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. phrasenoun

    Synonyms:
    expression (forming part of a sentence)

  2. phrasenoun

    Synonyms:
    idiom, peculiar expression, turn of expression

  3. phrasenoun

    Synonyms:
    style, diction, phraseology, manner of expression, mode of speech

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. phrasenoun

    Synonyms:
    idiom, diction, phraseology

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "phrase":

    sentence, expression, words, term, wording, word, formula, phrases, speech, 'expression

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How to use phrase in a sentence?

  1. Joe Biden:

    I was responding to a comment Elizabeth Warren made, elizabeth Warren said that anyone who disagreed with Elizabeth Warren and took Elizabeth Warren on, on Elizabeth Warren issue of Medicare for All, somehow either was a coward, wasn't willing to stand up and state what they thought. Somehow doing something -- I think the phrase was should be in a Republican primary. When we talk about Medicare for All, people talk about taking two years, five years, 10 years to get it done. That doesn't give any real reassurance to people out there.

  2. Harvards Sheperd Doeleman:

    We saw something so true, we saw something that really had a ring to it if you can use that phrase.

  3. Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey:

    Yes, and I used the phrase 'as long as possible,' but yes, that was my military recommendation.

  4. Jeb Bush:

    When you repeat something over and over again, that's basically a canned phrase and it validates a belief you're not ready to be president.

  5. Derri Smith:

    If you look at Cyntoia's original transcripts, they are peppered with the phrase' teen prostitute,' well we know today there's no such thing as a teen prostitute... because this teen may think that she decided this was her idea to be raped multiple times a day and give money to someone else, it's pretty clear there's an adult behind that who's manipulating and exploiting her.


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