Phrase - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a short musical passage
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up (syn: idiom)
- dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
verb
- divide, combine, or mark into phrases
Extra examples
Answer the questions in complete sentences, not phrases.
She used the phrase “I strongly believe” too many times in her speech.
Underline the key words or phrases in the paragraph.
To borrow a phrase from my mother, I spend too much time “watching the boob tube” and not enough time outside.
He phrased his version of the story in a way that made him look good.
The question was awkwardly phrased.
The singer phrased the music beautifully.
This was, in Churchill's phrase, only "the end of the beginning".
We made a great phrase with each other.
She used the phrase 'survival of the fittest'.
Edward Heath's famous phrase, 'the unacceptable face of capitalism'
Polly tried to think how to phrase the question.
Sorry, I phrased that badly.
The phrase “that won” in “the book that won” is a relative clause.
The phrase has three distinct meanings.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: phrase
he/she/it: phrases
present participle: phrasing
past tense: phrased
past participle: phrased
singular: phrase
plural: phrases
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