phrase
/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ verb C2- To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words. · I wasn't sure how to phrase my condolences without sounding patronising.
- To perform (a passage) with a particular phrasing.
- To divide into melodic phrases.
He/she/it phrases · Past phrased · Past participle phrased · -ing form phrasing
Verb forms
- Base form
- phrase
- He/she/it
- phrases
- Past
- phrased
- Past participle
- phrased
- -ing form
- phrasing
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“Yes, that the usual phrase; I am quite familiar with it.
She braved it for a moment or two with an eye full of love and stubbornness, and murmured a phrase or two vaguely of Gen.
He was not rich, although the wealth of his family had passed into a proverb, and I heard the phrase very often, ‘As rich as a Spada.’ But he, like public rumor, lived on this reputation for wealth; his palace was my paradise.
“Yes, to you, my friend, who read them for the first time; but not for me, who have grown pale over them by many nights’ study, and have reconstructed every phrase, completed every thought.”
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