phrase : Idioms & Phrases

• inflated language; bombast. Obs.

Webster 1913

• noun a phrase that has become a catchword
  catchphrase.
  

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• noun a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
  air; melodic line; strain; melody; line; tune.
  
  • she was humming an air from Beethoven

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• noun a short musical passage
  phrase.
  

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• noun a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
  nominal phrase; nominal.
  

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• noun a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
  nominal phrase; nominal.
  

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• noun a book containing common expressions in a foreign language along with their translations
  

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• a book of idiomatic phrases.

Webster 1913

• noun the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
  sentence structure; syntax.
  

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• noun a phrase beginning with a preposition
  

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• noun a phrase that functions as a pronoun
  pronominal.
  

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• noun an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
  phrase; idiom; idiomatic expression; phrasal idiom.
  

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• noun a distinctive spoken or written expression
  turn of expression.
  
  • John's succinct turn of phrase persuaded her that it would not be a good idea

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• noun one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
  predicate.
  

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