English noun: phrase |
1. | phrase (communication) an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence |
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| Broader (hypernym) | construction, expression, grammatical construction |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | catch phrase, catchphrase, nominal, nominal phrase, noun phrase, predicate, prepositional phrase, pronominal, pronominal phrase, response, verb phrase |
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| Part holonym | head word, headword, modifier, qualifier |
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2. | phrase (communication) a short musical passage |
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| Synonyms | musical phrase |
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| Broader (hypernym) | musical passage, passage |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | ligature, ostinato |
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| Part meronym | air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune |
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3. | phrase (communication) an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up |
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| Synonyms | idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase |
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| Broader (hypernym) | expression, locution, saying |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | ruralism, rusticism |
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| Domain usage members | in the lurch, like clockwork, out of whack |
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4. | phrase (act) dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dance, dancing, saltation, terpsichore |
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English verb: phrase |
1. | phrase (communication) put into words or an expression |
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| Samples | He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees.
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| Synonyms | articulate, formulate, give voice, word |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | evince, express, show |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | ask, cast, couch, dogmatise, dogmatize, formularise, formularize, frame, lexicalise, lexicalize, put, redact |
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2. | phrase (communication) divide, combine, or mark into phrases |
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| Samples | Phrase a musical passage.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | arrange, order, put, set up |
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