phrase
US: /ˈfɹeɪz/
UK: /fɹˈeɪz/
UK: /fɹˈeɪz/
English Vietnamese dictionary
phrase /freiz/
- danh từ
- nhóm từ
- thành ngữ
- cách nói
- as the phrase goes: theo cách nói thông thường
- in simple phrase: theo cách nói đơn giản
- (số nhiều) những lời nói suông
- (âm nhạc) tiết nhạc
- ngoại động từ
- diễn đạt, nói, phát biểu (bằng lời)
- thus he phrased it: anh ta đã phát biểu như thế đấy
- (âm nhạc) phân câu
- diễn đạt, nói, phát biểu (bằng lời)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 (grammar) a group of words without a FINITE verb, especially one that forms part of a sentence. 'the green car' and 'on Friday morning' are phrases.
See also -
2 a group of words which have a particular meaning when used together: a memorable / famous phrase + She was, in her own favourite phrase, 'a woman without a past'.
See also -
3 (music) a short series of notes that form a unit within a longer passage in a piece of music
Idioms see COIN v., TURN n.
+ verb
1 [VN] ~ sth (as sth) to say or write sth in a particular way: a carefully phrased remark + I agree with what he says, but I'd have phrased it differently. + Her order was phrased as a suggestion. + She phrased the explanation in very simple terms.
2 [V, VN] to divide a piece of music into small groups of notes; to play or sing these in a particular way, especially in an effective way
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 clause, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, adjectival phrase:
When asked for an example of a verb phrase, the student responded, 'Shut up'.
2 expression, word-group, collocation, locution, idiom, idiomatic expression, collocution, proverb, motto, slogan, saying, catch-phrase, adage, maxim, axiom, saw, colloquialism, cliché, platitude, commonplace, Colloq chestnut:
Do you know the source of Churchill's famous phrase, 'Blood, sweat, and tears'?
3 phraseology, phrasing, wording, language, usage, way or manner of speaking, diction, parlance, façon de parler, modus loquendi, modus scribendi, speech habit, style, choice of words, word choice, syntax, vocabulary:
He was to 'let slip', to use Shakespeare's phrase, 'the dogs of war'.
v.
4 express, term, word, put, frame, formulate, couch, put into words, put or set forth, verbalize, articulate, voice, utter, say, write; describe, delineate:
I am pondering over the best way to phrase this example.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
colloquial, idiomatic | key
‘Start slowly’ is the key phrase for the first-time marathon runner.
| famous | empty, glib, hackneyed, stock
He keeps coming out with the same old stock phrases
| memorable, well-turned | musical | adjectival, adverbial, noun, verb
VERB + PHRASE
use | coin
Who coined the phrase ‘desktop publishing’?
PHRASE + NOUN
book
PREP.
in a/the~
She was, in her own memorable phrase, ‘a woman without a past’.
PHRASES
a choice of phrase
Her unfortunate choice of phrase offended most of the audience.
| a turn of phrase
He is meticulous in his choice of words and turns of phrase.
ADV.
carefully
The statement was very carefully phrased.
| differently
I should have phrased my question differently.
Concise English dictionary
phrases|phrased|phrasingfreɪz
noun
+an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
+a short musical passage
+an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
+dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
verb
+put into words or an expression
+divide, combine, or mark into phrases
