Phrase

Noun

 * 1) A short written or spoken expression.
 * 2)  A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.
 * 3)  A small section of music in a larger piece.

Synonyms

 * figure of speech, locution
 * See also Thesaurus:phrase

Derived terms

 * adjective phrase
 * adverb phrase
 * catchphrase
 * determiner phrase
 * noun phrase
 * participial phrase
 * phrasal
 * phrase book


 * phrase structure
 * phrasemaker
 * phraseology
 * prepositional phrase
 * set phrase
 * turn a phrase
 * verb phrase

Verb

 * 1)  To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
 * 2) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of words.
 * 3)  To divide into melodic phrases.

Derived terms

 * phrasing

Related terms

 * paraphrase
 * rephrase

Adverbs for Phrase
subtly; concretely;  colloquially;  tersely; poetically; redundantly; explicitly; fantastically; vividly; scripturally; glibly; appropriately; euphemistically; ingeniously; obnoxiously; technically; fancifully; pungently; editorially.

Adjectives for Phrase
witty; explicit; ill; fantastic; tragic; poisonous; pompous; exclamatory; characteristic; vivid; musical; impressive; commanding; scriptural; glib; expressive; striking; occult; holiday; pedantic; appropriate; subtle; historic; cold; ringing; invariable; redoubled; banal; polished; recondite; learned; idiomatic; canting; studied; varying (pi); euphemistic; penetrative; useful; circuitous; handled; labored; judicial; mod¬ern; specific; introductory; depressed; hackneyed; catchy; authority-bearing; indispensable; superfluous; euphonious; overworked; courtly; sharp; isolated; sonorous; ingenious; allusive; convenient; homely; stereotyped; adulating; incoherent; perfect; sarcastic; technical; detached; silvery; obnoxious; ecstatic; metaphysical; vivid; familiar; poetic; poignant; grandiloquent; rabbinical; audacious; honeyed; theological; trivial; celebrated; sacred; pensive; plaintive; prolegomenous; empty; well-worn; suspicious; fanciful; eloquent; vibrant; comfortable; pungent; parliamentary; painful; vague; choice; polite; editorial; vile; swinish; ejaculatory; charming; dark; terrible; painted; inapplicable; high-sounding.

Verbs for Phrase
cling to—; create—; cull—; echo—; employ —; enunciate—; mouth—; omit—; pelt with ——s; quibble over—; stumble over—; toss —s at; —enchants; —escapes; —falls upon; —haunts; —intrigues; —illustrates; —originates in; —scalds; —signifies; —springs from.

Thesaurus
Parthian shot, adage, address, adjectival phrase, affirmation, allegation, ana, anacrusis, analects, answer, aphorism, apostrophe, apothegm, article, articulate, assertion, averment, axiom, back matter, bass passage, book, bourdon, breathe, bridge, burden, byword, cadence, catchword, chapter, chestnut, chime, choice of words, chorus, clause, cliche, coda, collected sayings, collocation, colloquialism, column, come out with, comment, commonplace, communicate, composition, conceive, convey, couch, couch in terms, crack, current saying, declaration, delineate, deliver, describe, development, dialect, dictate, diction, dictum, disclose, distich, division, embody in words, emit, enunciate, epigram, exclamation, exposition, express, expression, fascicle, figure, fling off, folderol, folio, formularize, formulate, formulation, frame, front matter, gathering, give, give expression, give expression to, give out with, give tongue, give utterance, give voice, give words to, glosseme, gnome, golden saying, grammar, greeting, harmonic close, icon, idiom, impart, installment, interjection, interlude, intermezzo, introductory phrase, language, leitmotiv, let out, lexeme, lexical form, lip, livraison, locution, manner of speaking, maxim, measure, mention, moral, morpheme, mot, motif, motive, motto, movement, musical phrase, musical sentence, note, noun phrase, number, observation, oracle, ornament, out with, page, paragraph, parlance, part, passage, period, phonate, phraseology, phrasing, pithy saying, platitude, position, pour forth, precept, prescript, present, pronounce, pronouncement, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, put, put forth, put in words, question, raise, reflection, refrain, remark, resolution, response, rhetoric, rhetorize, ritornello, saw, say, saying, section, semasiological unit, sememe, sentence, sententious expression, serial, set forth, set out, sheet, sign, signature, signifiant, significant, slogan, sloka, sound, speech, stanza, state, statement, stock saying, strain, style, subject, subjoinder, sutra, symbol, syntax, tailpiece, talk, teaching, tell, term, text, theme, thought, throw off, token, tutti, tutti passage, type, usage, use of words, usus loquendi, utter, utterance, variation, verb phrase, verbalize, verbiage, verse, vocabulary, vocalize, voice, volume, way of speaking, whisper, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, word-group, wordage, wording, words of wisdom, write

Etymology
From phrasis: <  φράσις:, from φράζω:.

Noun

 * Afrikaans: 'n frase,
 * Albanian: frazë
 * Arabic: (júmla),  (sijāq) ,
 * Azeri: ifade
 * Chechen:
 * Chinese: 片語, 片语 (piàn yǔ)
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: (frási)
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Indonesian: ungkapan,
 * Irish: frása
 * Italian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 句 (く, ku)
 * Latvian: frāze
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Malay: ungkapan
 * Mongolian: хэлц
 * Persian: عبارت, گروه واژه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: expresie, frază
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: (wálee)
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: cụm từ
 * Volapük: fraseod


 * Albanian: frazë
 * Azeri: ifade
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: lokucio
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: (frási)
 * Hungarian: szókapcsolat
 * Indonesian:


 * Irish: frása
 * Italian: ,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Persian: گروه واژه
 * Polish: wypowiedzenie
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: frază, expresie, sintagmă
 * Russian: устойчивое словосочетание, оборот речи
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Vietnamese: cụm từ


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: (frási)


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * : фраза (fraza) (1)
 * : frase
 * : phrase, expression, locution

Verb

 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Interlingua: exprimer


 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: изразува
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: benämna, beteckna, formulera, ge uttryck åt, uttrycka


 * French:
 * Macedonian: фразира


 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * pasher, phaser, seraph, shaper, sharpe, Sherpa, sherpa

Noun

 * 1) (false friend) sentence

Anagrams

 * harpes, phares