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31phrase — holo·phrase; phrase; phrase·man; phrase·ol·o·gy; re·phrase; met·a·phrase; para·phrase; peri·phrase; phrase·able; …
32phrase — Segment de chaine considere intuitivement comme complet du point de vue du sens , et delimite : a l’oral par des pauses importantes de la voix encadrant une unite melodique caracteristique ; et a l’ecrit, par une ponctuation forte (point ou… …
33Phrase — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Phrase >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 phrase phrase expression set phrase Sgm: N 1 sentence sentence paragraph Sgm: N 1 figure of speech figure of speech &c. 521 Sgm: N 1 idiom idiom idio …
34Phrase — Eine Phrase (altgriechisch: φρασις phrásis „Redeweise“, „Ausdruck“) bezeichnet umgangssprachlich als Synonym für einen Gemeinplatz, eine Floskel oder einen Slogan in der Linguistik eine syntaktische Einheit, siehe Phrase (Linguistik) eine… …
35phrase — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, adage, address, adjectival phrase, affirmation, allegation, ana, anacrusis, analects, answer, aphorism, apostrophe, apothegm, article, articulate, assertion, averment, axiom, back matter, bass passage,… …
36phrase — 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 * * * [freɪz] empty glib hackneyed participial prepositional trite turn a phrase …
37phrase — {{11}}phrase (n.) 1520s, manner or style of expression, also group of words with some unity, from L.L. phrasis diction, from Gk. phrasis speech, way of speaking, phraseology, from phrazein to express, tell, from phrazesthai to consider, of… …
38phrase — I UK [freɪz] / US noun [countable] Word forms phrase : singular phrase plural phrases *** 1) linguistics a group of words that are used together in a fixed expression Several of those interviewed used the phrase being one s own boss . 2)… …
39phrase — /freɪz / (say frayz) noun 1. Grammar a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in the sentence. 2. Speech a word or group of spoken words which the mind focuses on momentarily as a meaningful unit …
40phrase — 1 noun (C) 1 a group of words that together have a particular meaning, especially when they express the meaning well in a few words: He said the President was what was the phrase he used? trigger happy . | Mrs Thatcher was, in Gorbachev s phrase …
