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Definitions for Phrase

[1] Grammar . a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
[2] Rhetoric . a word or group of spoken words that the mind focuses on momentarily as a meaningful unit and is preceded and followed by pauses.
[3] a characteristic, current, or proverbial expression: a hackneyed phrase.
[4] Music . a division of a composition, commonly a passage of four or eight measures, forming part of a period.
[5] a way of speaking, mode of expression, or phraseology: a book written in the phrase of the West.
[6] a brief utterance or remark: In a phrase, he's a dishonest man.
[7] Dance . a sequence of motions making up part of a choreographic pattern.
[8] to express or word in a particular way: to phrase an apology well.
[9] to express in words: to phrase one's thoughts.
[10] Music . to mark off or bring out the phrases of (a piece), especially in execution. to group (notes) into a phrase.
[11] Music . to perform a passage or piece with proper phrasing.
[12] a group of words forming an immediate syntactic constituent of a clause Compare clause (def. 1), noun phrase, verb phrase
[13] a particular expression, esp an original one
[14] music a small group of notes forming a coherent unit of melody
[15] (in choreography) a short sequence of dance movements
[16] music to divide (a melodic line, part, etc) into musical phrases, esp in performance
[17] to express orally or in a phrase

Words related to Phrase

saying, remark, slogan, utterance, phrasing, idiom, motto, expression, terminology, wording, byword, diction, locution, maxim, catchword, tag, watchword, verbiage, shibboleth, verbalism

Words nearby Phrase

phr., phragmites, phragmoplast, phrasal, phrasal verb, phrase, phrase book, phrase marker, phrase structure, phrase structure tree, phrase-structure grammar

Origin of Phrase

1520–30; (noun) back formation from phrases, plural of earlier phrasis < Latin phrasis diction, style (plural phrasēs ) < Greek phrásis diction, style, speech, equivalent to phrá(zein ) to speak + -sis -sis; (v.) derivative of the noun

Words that may be confused with Phrase

frays, phrase, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)

Other words from Phrase

mis·phrase , verb (used with object), mis·phrased, mis·phras·ing.
un·phrased , adjective

Word origin for Phrase

C16: from Latin phrasis, from Greek: speech, from phrazein to declare, tell

Synonyms for Phrase

expression, idiom, motto, phrasing, remark, saying, slogan, terminology, utterance, wording, byword, catchphrase, catchword, diction, locution, maxim, parlance, phraseology, shibboleth, styling, tag, verbalism, verbiage, watchword, wordage