phrasal
Made of expressions
Phrasal means consisting of or relating to a phrase—a group of words functioning as a unit.
The term appears most often in phrasal verb, describing combinations like give up, run into, or put off where a verb pairs with a particle to create a meaning different from its parts.
The phrasal structure made the sentence hard to parse.
Minute piece of matter
- prepositionRelational grammar term
- separableCapable of being divided
- inseparableUnable to be divided
- transitiveTaking a direct object
Dash-based word linking
- portmanteauWord combining two others
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- collocationConventional phrase pattern
- neologismNewly created expression
Rules for arranging words
- clauseProvision in agreement
- constituentMember of electoral district
- modificationAct of altering something
- headUppermost body part
complement · modifier · determiner · agreement · structure · construction · parsing · dependency
Fixed phrase, opaque meaning
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
- sayingShort, wise expression
- proverbTraditional saying expressing truth
- clichéOverused, unoriginal expression
particle
Minute piece of matter
- prepositionRelational grammar term
- separableCapable of being divided
- inseparableUnable to be divided
hyphenation
Dash-based word linking
- portmanteauWord combining two others
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- collocationConventional phrase pattern
syntax
Rules for arranging words
- clauseProvision in agreement
- constituentMember of electoral district
- modificationAct of altering something
head · complement · modifier · determiner · agreement · structure · construction · parsing · dependency · hierarchy
idiom
Fixed phrase, opaque meaning
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
- sayingShort, wise expression
- proverbTraditional saying expressing truth
phrasallexical
Of or relating to words
single-word · simplex · clausal · unitary · atomic
phrasalsynthetic
Produced artificially, not natural
bound · agglutinative · inflectional · morphological · analytic
- catch phraseMemorable repeated expression
- turn of phraseDistinctive verbal expression
- coin a phraseCreate new terminology
- phrase bookForeign expression reference
- catchy phraseMemorable, repeatable expression
- turn a phraseCraft memorable wording
phrase, paraphrase, rephrase, phraseology, rephrasing, rephrased, phrasal verb, idiomatic phrases