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What (who) is phrase - definition

SEQUENCE OF AT LEAST TWO WORDS
Complex phrase; Phrases; Phrasal; Word-group; Southern Phrases; Phrase (grammar); Phrase (linguistics); Topic phrase; Aspect phrase; Functional phrase; Grammatical phrase; Linguistic expression; Expression (linguistics)
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phrase         
n.
1) to coin; turn a phrase
2) a colloquial; empty; glib; hackneyed, trite; well-turned phrase
3) (grammar) a noun; participial; prepositional; verb phrase
phrase         
(phrases, phrasing, phrased)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
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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2.
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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3.
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.
VERB: V n adv, V n as n
4.
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
PHRASE: N inflects
Phrase         
·vi To use proper or fine phrases.
II. Phrase ·noun A short clause or portion of a period.
III. Phrase ·vi To group notes into phrases; as, he phrases well. ·see Phrase, ·noun, 4.
IV. Phrase ·noun A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression.
V. Phrase ·vt To express in words, or in peculiar words; to Call; to Style.
VI. Phrase ·noun A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human.
VII. Phrase ·noun 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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Phrase

In grammar, a phrase—called expression in some contexts—is a group of words or singular word acting as a grammatical unit. For instance, the English expression "the very happy squirrel" is a noun phrase which contains the adjective phrase "very happy". Phrases can consist of a single word or a complete sentence. In theoretical linguistics, phrases are often analyzed as units of syntactic structure such as a constituent.

Examples of use of phrase
1. ERELI:'4; It‘s an Adam/Sean phrase or Sean/Adam phrase.
2. "Re÷ your phrase ‘jigger–jagger.‘ That‘s the first time in many years of cricket watching I‘ve heard that phrase.
3. It‘s a phrase you can turn over and think about." Judging from the number of poster requests, many people have been turning that phrase over.
4. The buzz phrase now is "sustainable development." This should serve you as a warning that whenever you hear this phrase, it means money has to be collected indefinitely.
5. But I do not understand the phrase that the committee has used, "non–contractual beneficiary". There is ambiguity about that phrase.