SkyfireDict

phrase   (TTS Sound)

The noun phrase has 4 senses

• phrase -- (an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence)


• phrase, musical phrase -- (a short musical passage)


• idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase -- (an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up)


• phrase -- (dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence)

The verb phrase has 2 senses

• give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate -- (put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees")


• phrase -- (divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical passage")