phrase
1. an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence (Freq. 10)
• Derivationally related forms:
phrasal
• Hypernyms:
construction, grammatical construction, expression
• Hyponyms:
noun phrase, nominal phrase, nominal, predicate, verb phrase,
prepositional phrase, pronominal phrase, pronominal, response, catchphrase, catch phrase
• Part Meronyms:
headword, head word, modifier, qualifier
2. a short musical passage (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
musical phrase
• Derivationally related forms:
phrasal
• Hypernyms:
passage, musical passage
• Hyponyms:
ligature, ostinato
• Part Holonyms:
tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line,
line, melodic phrase
3. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
• Syn:
idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase
• Derivationally related forms:
phrasal, idiomatic (for: idiom)
• Members of this Usage Domain:
out of whack, in the lurch, like clockwork
• Hypernyms:
saying, expression, locution
• Hyponyms:
ruralism, rusticism
4. dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
• Derivationally related forms:
phrasal
• Hypernyms:
dancing, dance, terpsichore, saltation
1. put into words or an expression (Freq. 3)
- He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
• Syn:
give voice, formulate, word, articulate
• Derivationally related forms:
articulation (for: articulate), phrasing, word (for: word), wording (for: word), formulation (for: formulate)
• Hypernyms:
express, show, evince
• Hyponyms:
ask, lexicalize, lexicalise, dogmatize, dogmatise,
dogmatise, formularise, frame, redact, cast,
put, couch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something is ----ing PP (for: give voice)
2. divide, combine, or mark into phrases
- phrase a musical passage
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up, put, order
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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