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What's a
phrase?
Pronunciation:
freɪz
Function:
noun/verb
Date:
1520–30; (n.) back formation from phrases, pl. of earlier phrasis < L: diction, style < Gk phrásis, der. of phrázein to show
a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical unit and lacking a finite verb or such elements of clause structure as subject and verb as a preposition and a noun or pronoun an adjective and noun or an adverb and verb esp such a construction acting as a unit in a sentence
a characteristic, current, or proverbial expression.
a way of speaking, mode of expression, or phraseology.
a brief utterance or remark.
to express in words.
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