phrase
Incomplete grammatical unit
A phrase is a group of words functioning as a unit within a sentence but not containing both a subject and verb—in the morning, running late, the old house on the corner.
To phrase something is to express it in particular words: Let me phrase this carefully.
How you phrase a question affects what answers you get.
In music, a phrase is a short melodic passage forming a distinct unit within a longer piece.
Fixed phrase, opaque meaning
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- sayingShort, wise expression
- proverbTraditional saying expressing truth
- adageTraditional pithy truth
figure of speech · colloquialism · catchphrase · cliché · aphorism · maxim · byword · locution
Provision in agreement
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- constructionProcess of building something
- constituentMember of electoral district
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
modifier · head · complement · adjunct · dependent · subordinate · coordinate · parse
Invented term or currency
- neologismNewly created expression
- terminologySubject-specific vocabulary
- jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
vocabulary · wording · diction · usage · formulation · expression · verbiage · parlance
idiom
Fixed phrase, opaque meaning
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- sayingShort, wise expression
- proverbTraditional saying expressing truth
adage · figure of speech · colloquialism · catchphrase · cliché · aphorism · maxim · byword · locution · formulaic
clause
Provision in agreement
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- constructionProcess of building something
- constituentMember of electoral district
structure · modifier · head · complement · adjunct · dependent · subordinate · coordinate · parse · diagram
coinage
Invented term or currency
- neologismNewly created expression
- terminologySubject-specific vocabulary
- jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
lexicon · vocabulary · wording · diction · usage · formulation · expression · verbiage · parlance · nomenclature
melody
Pleasing sequence of notes
riff · lick · hook · chorus · verse · bridge · refrain · leitmotif · sequence · ostinato
articulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
formulate · couch · frame · put · voice · verbalize · enunciate · deliver · intone · speak
- vocabularyword, words, new words, term, terms
- language termsgrammar, word, vocabulary, syntax, synonym
- speech or wordsnoun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun
- excerptsexcerpt, extract, snippet, clip, passage
- expressionsexpression, I love you, idioms, thank you, I'm sorry
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
phrasesilence
Total lack of sound
concealment · suppression · muteness · speechlessness · wordlessness
- 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
phrasing, paraphrase, phrases, rephrase, phrased, phraseology, paraphrased, paraphrasing, paraphrases