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A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words

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

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To perform a passage with the correct phrasing

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{i} idiom, saying; expression; group of words that functions as a single unit (Grammar); short musical passage

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{n} a mode of speech, a style

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{v} to style, to term

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A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase

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A short written or spoken expression

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a short musical expression, several of which comprise an entire tune or melody The phrase structure provides insight into the shape, aesthetics, and psychodynamics of the tune The fiddle tunes in this collection typically have two strains, each of which is composed of four phrases or eight subphrases In the Musical Features section of the bibliographic record for each tune, phrases are indicated by capital letters and subphrases are in parentheses in lowercase letters Thus a phrase structure described as ABA'B QRQS (abcd ab'cd qrst qrud) indicates a tune of two strains, each composed of four phrases The first strain (ABA'B) consists of an initial phrase (A), a different second phrase (B), a third phrase repeating the first phrase with a significant alteration (A'), and a fourth phrase repeating the second phrase (B) The same first strain can be broken down into eight subphrases: (abcd) repeated with a significant alteration of the second subphrase (ab'cd)

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put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"

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When fencers manage to string words together rather than grunting monosyllabically

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To group notes into phrases; as, he phrases well

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A single musical idea, or element Usually very short, often consisting of only one or two measures Comparable to a line or sentence in poetry

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A set of related actions by both fencers that continues until a hit is scored or action is stopped by the director

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To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style

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A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words. In the noun phrase the big bird, for example, the noun, bird is the head

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

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A short clause or portion of a period

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A single musical idea, or element Usually very short, often consisting of only one or two measures

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an expression forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence but not containing a finite verb a short musical passage

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A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression

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A phrase is a short group of words that people often use as a way of saying something. The meaning of a phrase is often not obvious from the meaning of the individual words in it. He used a phrase I hate: `You have to be cruel to be kind.'

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a short musical passage

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A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human

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If someone has a particular turn of phrase, they have a particular way of expressing themselves in words. Schwarzkopf's distinctive turn of phrase. to coin a phrase: see coin

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an expression forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence but not containing a finite verb

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{f} formulate in words, express in words; express in a certain manner

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To use proper or fine phrases

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A relatively short portion of a melodic line which expresses a musical idea, comparable to a line or sentence in poetry

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A group of words used together to express a concept, but unlike a clause, it does not contain both a subject and a verb

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A small section of music in a larger piece

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A phrase is a group of related words that does not make a complete statement For example the following groups of words are phrases (specifically, prepositional phrases): in the beginning, behind the house, before the storm

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A phrase is a 'clause element'; this means that a clause (and so a sentence ) is built from phrases (usually noun and verb phrases) A phrase is a group of words that act together as a kind of 'independent unit' - this means that it has meaning together rather than as individual words Each of the words in a phrase have a kind of invisible "word glue" that exists between them to give it its coherent quality Some examples of phrases are: the silly old man (a noun phrase); a fleeting moment (a noun phrase); at three o'clock (an adverbial phrase); almost perfectly spherical (an adjectival phrase); will not go (verb phrase); after a while (prepositional phrase) The important thing to notice about phrases is that they are built around a central word (called the head word of the phrase) In a noun phrase, the head word is a noun, and so on

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a group of words, smaller than a clause, which forms a grammatical unit

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a group of words that are used together in a fixed expression

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More than one KEYWORD, searched exactly as keyed (all terms required to be in documents, in the order keyed) Enclosing keywords in quotations " " forms a phrase in AltaVista, , and some other search tools Some times a phrase is called a "character string "

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A sequence of words Search engines will usually give the option of a phrase search The search engine will look for occurrences of the particular sequence of words entered

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A brief sequence of related movements that have a sense of rhythmic completion

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a group of two or more grammatically related words that form a sense unit expressing a thought The phrase has the force of a single part of speech, such as a noun or adverb For example, "two or more grammatically related words" is a phrase representing a noun

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A melodic idea that acts as a complete thought, something like a sentence A melody will contain many phrases, just like a story contains many sentences This melody has four phrases

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A phrase is a small group of words which forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence. It is impossible to hypnotise someone simply by saying a particular word or phrase

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Two or more words separated by spaces For example, Monterey otter is interpreted as a phrase and both must be present and together to be found Such a search would not find documents containing sea otter or Monterey Bay

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If you phrase something in a particular way, you express it in words in that way. I would have phrased it quite differently They phrased it as a question

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A self-contained portion of melody, such as what would correspond to one line of lyrics

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in grammar, a group of words not containing a verb that act as one unit Some phrases act as nouns, for example a confident teacher; some as adjectives, for example 'she is exceptionally competent' and some as adverbs, for example 'he retired very recently ' Many phrases are prepositional phrases (See preposition )

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See Phrase, n

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– A musical statement or “sentence,” having a beginning, middle and end

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1 A segment of a musical composition, usually consisting of four or eight measures (2, 4, 8, 12, or 16 measures in the music used for ice dancing) 2 A series of dance movements forming a unit in a choreographic pattern

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Tom could have phrased his answer more politely. - Tom could've phrased his answer more politely.

Just how tiresome was it to argue straight against the phrase Don't blindly follow the lead of the United States! - Just how tiresome was it to argue straight against the phrase Don't blindly follow America's lead!

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