Meaning

2 senses
  1. A grammatical construct that consists of multiple words, but behaves as a single part of speech.

  2. A grammatical construct that consists of multiple words, but behaves as a single part of speech.

    A phrasal verb.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. The phrasal verbs in this language are killing me.

  2. "Eke out" is a common phrasal verb in English.

  3. Why does English have so many idioms and phrasal verbs?

  4. I can see why non-native speakers find phrasal verbs so frustrating.

  5. Phrasal verbs are an English learner's worst nightmare.

Origin

From phrase + -al.

From phrase + -al.

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Forms

plural: phrasals
Singularphrasal
Pluralphrasals

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
phrasal — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto