phrase

Noun CEFR B2 Standard

fɹeɪz

Definitions

A short written or spoken expression.
sentence
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.
A small section of music in a larger piece.
A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
archaic
A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.

Equivalents

Españolexpresar expresión formularfrase frasear sintagma

Françaisexpression exprimer Formulerlocution phrase phrasé phraser syntagme

Deutschformulieren Phrase RedewendungWendung

53 more languages

العربيةالعبّارة تعبير جملةعبارة

Azərbaycan diliibarə ifadə söz birləşməsi

Българскиизраз изразя изразявам

বাংলাবাক্য

Bosanskifraza obrat sintagmaизраз фраза

Catalàfrase

Češtinafráze obrat slovní spojenísousloví

Cymraegbrawddeg ymadrodd

Danskfråse udtryk

Ελληνικάκουβέντα φράση

Esperantofrazo lokucio

Eestifraas väljend

Suomifraasi fraseerata ilmaistailmaus lausahdus lauseke lauseparsi pukea sanoiksi säe sanakäänne

Gaeilgeabairtín frása

Gàidhligabairt facal

Galegofrase

עבריתמשפט פסוק צירוףצרוף לשון

हिन्दीइबारत जुमला मुहावरावाक्य

Hrvatskifraza obrat sintagmaизраз фраза

Magyarfrázis kifejezés mondásszókapcsolat

Հայերենարտահայտություն բառակապակցություն

Bahasa Indonesiafrasa ungkapan

Íslenskafrasi málsháttur

Italianoespressione esprimere fraselocuzione polirematica redigere

日本語フレーズ一句句文句楽句語句辭

ქართულიფრაზა

Қазақ тілісөйлем

ភាសាខ្មែរឃ្លា

한국어구 문자 악구어구 프레이즈

Kurdîîbare îfade

Latinaenuntiatio

ລາວວະລີ

Lietuviųžodžių junginys

Latviešuizteiciens teiciens

Македонскиизраз изразува фразафразира

Монголхэлц

မြန်မာနိဒ္ဒေသ

Nederlandsfrase uitspraak

Polskifraza frazowy wypowiedzeniewyrażenie zdanie

Portuguêsexpressão expressar exprimirfrase locução sintagma

Românăexpresie fraza sintagmă

Русскийвыражать выражение выразитьоборо́т ре́чи словосочетание сформулировать формулировать фраза фрази́ровать

Slovenščinastavek

Shqipshprehje togfjalësh

Српскиfraza obrat sintagmaизраз фраза

Svenskabenämna beteckna formulerafras frasera uttryck uttrycka

ไทยประโยค วลี

Tagalogparirala

Türkçeanlatmak deyim ibareifade ifade etmek Öbek tabir

Українськави́слів речення словосполу́ченняфраза

اردوجملہ

O'zbekchaibora

Tiếng Việtcậu cụm từ

Examples

“Holonyms: clause, sentence; phrasing, phraseology, turn ⟳ of phrase; phrase-book; document, message; language; communication”

“Meronyms: head, complement, adjunct, supplement, modifier; term, word”

“Congratulations on managing to use ⟳ the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work ⟳ of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set ⟳ a challenge ⟳ by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?”

“There is always a head in a phrase. When it is not accompanied by anything else, we have ⟳ a one-word phrase. Cheese can be an NP [noun phrase], and so can squid. If we didn't allow ⟳ one-word phrases, we'd often have ⟳ to say ⟳ "either a noun or an NP," "either a verb or a VP," and so on. When I talk ⟳ about a phrase, always remember ⟳ that I don't mean ⟳ a unit containing more than one word; I mean ⟳ a unit with at least one word (the head), which may contain ⟳ other words as well.”

“Thou speak'st / In better phrase and matter ⟳ than thou didst.”

“[…] From out a common vein of memory / Sweet household talk ⟳, and phrases of the hearth, […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

phrase name phrase structure phrasebook Phrased phrasehood phraselet

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