PHRASE
Definition:
- [noun] an expression forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence but not containing a finite verb
- [noun] a short musical passage
Synonyms: musical
- [noun] an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
Synonyms: idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set
- [verb] put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
Synonyms: give voice, formulate, word, articulate
Synonyms:
Related Words:
- ask
- lexicalize, lexicalise
- dogmatize, dogmatise
- formularize, formularise
- frame, redact, cast, put, couch
- noun phrase
- predicate, verb phrase
- prepositional phrase
- pronominal phrase
- response
- catchphrase, catch phrase
- ligature
- ostinato
- ruralism, rusticism
