phrase
/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ sustantivo B1En español: frase
- A short written or spoken expression. · I've made progress, but this is still, in Churchill's phrase, just "the end of the beginning."
- A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words. · Holonyms: clause, sentence; phrasing, phraseology, turn of phrase; phrase-book; document, message; language; communication· Meronyms: head, complement, adjunct, supplement, modifier; term, word
- A small section of music in a larger piece.
- A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.
Plural phrases
De la biblioteca
“Bear in mind, Sir Henry, one of the phrases in that queer old legend which Dr.
“Yes, that the usual phrase; I am quite familiar with it.
“Yes, devotion; for that is, I believe, the phrase for hopeful ambition.”
“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.”
Otras coincidencias
Aprende phrase en textos reales
Con una cuenta gratuita, pasa el cursor sobre cualquier palabra de la biblioteca para ver su significado, escúchala en voz alta, guarda palabras para repasarlas al ritmo de tu memoria y descubre cuánto de cada libro ya conoces.