Phrases

Word PHRASES
Character 7
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Pronunciations /ˈfɹeɪzɪz/

Definitions and meanings of "Phrases"

What do we mean by phrases?

A short written or spoken expression.

(grammar) A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.

A small section of music in a larger piece.

A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.

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The word "phrases" in example sentences

Form _infinitive phrases_ from the following verbs, and use these phrases as _adjectives, adverbs_, and _nouns_, in sentences of your own building. ❋ Brainerd Kellogg (N/A)

Hence they combine whole phrases more than words -- _phrases banales_. ❋ Arnold Bennett (1899)

_fugitive phrases_, which are the cant of ordinary discourse, just as tragedy phrases, _dead idioms, _ and exaggerations of dignity, are of the artificial style, and yeas, verilys, and exaggerations of simplicity, are of the natural. -- p. xvi. ❋ R. Brimley Johnson (1899)

And for this and other causes we have in many places reserved the Hebrew phrases, notwithstanding that they may seem somewhat hard in their ears that are not well practised and also _delight in the sweet sounding phrases_ of the holy Scriptures. "[ ❋ Flora Ross Amos (N/A)

I use the term phrases because these parties themselves do not believe seriously in the possibility of carrying out their intentions, and because in the second place they themselves are the accomplices mainly responsible for the present development. ❋ Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 (1925)

And before Raevmo goes off on another tangent about * what* the challenge of those findings is, let me just go ahead and re-type the key-word phrases from the cited copy … ❋ Unknown (2007)

Plus you can use Latin phrases, which is far more indicative of both intelligence and fairness than using Spanish ones, apparently. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Modern law picks certain phrases from the Presser case, phrases where the Presser Court is addressing Presser’s argument that the 2nd amendment protects a right to parade, and turns them into a federal hands-off of state/local laws that prohibit keeping and/or bearing arms. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For example, Mâlik, who lived several centuries before al-Qarâfî, had indicated that certain phrases when uttered constituted a declaration of divorce. ❋ Sherman A. Jackson (2010)

For example, Mâlik, who lived several centuries before al-Qarâfî, had indicated that certain phrases when uttered constituted a declaration of divorce. ❋ Sherman A. Jackson (2010)

On certain phrases, such as "vamos al cine el sabado porque van a pasar esa de los vampiros", I sound like a native speaker. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, that had less to do with these Latin phrases than with the fact that they would have to study the Corpus Iuris Civilis in the original at some point. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We should be aware of the extent to which, as these genres have matured over the decades, as they have striven for greater quality and credibility, they have ironically accepted the terms of the discourse by which they are deemed abject, echoing the artificial dichotomy of “sensational” and “intellectual”, even echoing the aesthetic normativities born of the definition-by-exclusion in phrases like “literary sf” or “literary fantasy”. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

The Jutes, Angles and Saxons opposed and bartered with the Romans before relocating to the British Islands and had thus already acquired some Latin phrases before the coalescence of Old English. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Although, if you happen to be walking through Concourse J in the Miami International Airport, then your inner word nerd will be delighted to see phrases from the bookThe Everglades: River of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A whole movement is devoted to the Reproaches, which are based on the Hebrew Bible, the books of Micah and Isaiah, and also use phrases from the Psalms. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This comes across in phrases like, “I will just live my daily life and if someone wants to ask about the Gospel, I will share it”, or, “I just ‘do life’ with others and pray that they will start becoming interested in Jesus”. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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