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phrase

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an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
a short musical passage(noun.communication)

Synonym:
musical phrase

source: wordnet30
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up(noun.communication)

Synonym:
idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase

source: wordnet30
dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase.(noun)

source: webster1913

put into words or an expression(verb.communication)

Synonym:
articulate, formulate, give voice, word

source: wordnet30
divide, combine, or mark into phrases(verb.communication)

Example:
Phrase a musical passage.

source: wordnet30
To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style.(verb)

source: webster1913
To use proper or fine phrases.(verb)

source: webster1913

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