phrase
A short written or spoken expressionA short written or spoken expression.
» What's the meaning of this phrase?
Was bedeutet dieser Satz?
Was ist die Bedeutung dieses Satzes?
Каково значение этой фразы?
Что означает эта фраза?
Яке значення цієї фрази?
Meaning
5 sensesA short written or spoken expression.
I've made progress, but this is still, in Churchill's phrase, just "the end of the beginning."
Redewendung, Phrase
фра́заfráza, выраже́ниеvyražénije
фра́заfráza, ви́слівvýsliv, ре́ченняréčennja
a short musical passage
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
Phrase
словосочета́ниеslovosočetánije, оборо́т ре́чиoborót réči, фра́заfráza
словосполу́ченняslovospolúčennja, фра́заfráza
A small section of music in a larger piece.
Phrase
фра́заfráza
фра́заfráza
A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.
(archaic)A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
Examples
314 sentencesWhat's the meaning of this phrase?
Яке значення цієї фрази? — deniko
ruКаково значение этой фразы? — Hellerick
deWas bedeutet dieser Satz? — MUIRIEL
Can it be phrased in another way?
Чи можна це перефразувати якось інакше? — deniko
ruМожно сформулировать это по-другому? — Ann74
deKann man das anders ausdrücken? — kroko
He explained the literal meaning of the phrase.
Він пояснив буквальне значення фрази. — Walentinio
deEr erklärte die wörtliche Bedeutung des Satzes. — Zaghawa
This phrase seems correct to me.
Let me phrase that another way.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “mannerBorrowed from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrázō, “to tell, express”).
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Forms
plural: phrasesSynonyms
9 synonyms- a short musical passage:musical phrase
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up:idiomidiomatic expressionphrasal idiomset phrase