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phrase
noun
1 phrase
An expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence.
Roget 413:
melody,
rhythm,
measure;
rhyme
etc.
(poetry)
597.
pitch,
timbre,
intonation,
tone.
scale,
gamut;
diapason;
diatonic chromatic scale†,
enharmonic scale†;
key,
clef,
chords.
modulation,
temperament,
syncope,
syncopation,
preparation,
suspension,
resolution.
staff,
stave,
line,
space,
brace;
bar,
rest;
appoggiato†,
appoggiatura†;
acciaccatura†.
note,
musical note,
notes of a scale;
sharp,
flat,
natural;
high note
etc.
(shrillness)
410;
low note
etc.
408;
interval;
semitone;
second,
third,
fourth
&c.;
diatessaron†.
breve,
semibreve [Mus.],
minim,
crotchet,
quaver;
semiquaver,
demisemiquaver,
hemidemisemiquaver;
sustained note,
drone,
burden.
tonic;
key note,
leading note,
fundamental note;
supertonic†,
mediant†,
dominant;
submediant†,
subdominant†;
octave,
tetrachord†;
major key,
minor key,
major scale,
minor scale,
major mode,
minor mode;
passage,
phrase.
concord,
harmony;
emmeleia†;
unison,
unisonance†;
chime,
homophony;
euphony,
euphonism†;
tonality;
consonance;
consent;
part.
[Science of harmony]
harmony,
harmonics;
thorough-bass,
fundamental-bass;
counterpoint;
faburden†.
piece of music
etc.
415 [Fr.];
composer,
harmonist†,
contrapuntist
(musician)
416.
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Roget 521:
figure of speech;
facon de parler [Fr.],
way of speaking,
colloquialism.
phrase
etc.
566;
figure,
trope,
metaphor,
enallage†,
catachresis†;
metonymy [Gramm.],
synecdoche [Sem.];
autonomasia†,
irony,
figurativeness
etc.
adj.;
image,
imagery;
metalepsis†,
type,
anagoge†,
simile,
personification,
prosopopoeia†,
allegory,
apologue†,
parable,
fable;
allusion,
adumbration;
application.
exaggeration,
hyperbole
etc.
549.
association,
association of ideas
(analogy)
514.1
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Roget 562:
word,
term,
vocable;
name
etc.
564;
phrase
etc.
566;
root,
etymon;
derivative;
part of speech
etc.
(grammar)
567;
ideophone†.
dictionary,
vocabulary,
lexicon,
glossary;
index,
concordance;
thesaurus;
gradus [Lat.],
delectus [Lat.].
etymology,
derivation;
glossology†,
terminology orismology†;
paleology
etc.
(philology)
560†.
lexicography;
glossographer
etc.
(scholar)
492;
lexicologist,
verbarian†.
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Dutch: frase, uitspraak, constituent, woordgroep
Polish: fraza
2 phrase
A short musical passage.
synonym: musical phrase.
Dutch: frase
Polish: fraza
3 phrase
An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up.
synonyms: idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase.
Roget 566:
phrase,
expression,
set phrase;
sentence,
paragraph;
figure of speech
etc.
521;
idiom,
idiotism†;
turn of expression;
style.
paraphrase
etc.
(synonym)
522;
periphrase
etc.
(circumlocution)
573;
motto
etc.
(proverb)
496†.
phraseology
etc.
569.
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Dutch: idioom, zinswending, frase, zegswijze, uitdrukking
Polish: związek frazeologiczny, frazeologizm
4 phrase
Dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence.
verb
1 phrase
Put into words or an expression.
synonyms: articulate, formulate, give voice, word.
Roget 566:
express,
phrase;
word,
word it;
give words to,
give expression to;
voice;
arrange in words,
clothe in words,
put into words,
express by words;
couch in terms;
find words to express;
speak by the card;
call,
denominate,
designate,
dub.
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Dutch: formuleren, uitspreken, verbaliseren, vertolken, vervatten, verwoorden
2 phrase
Divide, combine, or mark into phrases.
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