English - Turkish
Definition of periphrases in English Turkish dictionary
- dolambaçlı söz
- periphrasis
- dolaylama
- periphrasis
- dolaylı anlatım
- periphrasis
- periphrastic dolambaçlı olarak ifade edilmiş
- periphrasis
- dolambaçlı ve uzun sözlerle ifade
- periphrasis
- {i} dolambaçlı söz
- periphrasis
- san
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English - English
Definition of periphrases in English English dictionary
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of periphrase
- plural form of periphrasis use of syntactic rather than morphological constructions
Language learners sometimes use periphrases like did go where a native speaker would use went.
- plural form of periphrase circumlocutions
To describe by enigmatic periphrases.
- plural of periphrasis
- periphrasis
- The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will"
- periphrasis
- {n} a circumlocution, a tediousness
- periphrasis
- Use of too many words to say something which could have been said briefly
- periphrasis
- using a wordy phrase to describe something for which one term exists
- periphrasis
- Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking
- periphrasis
- {i} indirect speech, circumlocution; indirect expression, expression phrased in a roundabout manner
- periphrasis
- a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
- periphrasis
- roundabout wording "The person to whom I am married," instead of "my spouse " See also: circumlocution