phrase

1. 1.

   put into words or an expression

   “He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees”

   Synonymsgive voiceformulatewordarticulate

   Broaderexpress

   Narrowerasklexicalizedogmatizeformularizeframe
2. 2.

   divide, combine, or mark into phrases

   “phrase a musical passage”

   Broaderarrange

Other forms of phrase

plural

phrases·

past tense

phrased·

present participle

phrasing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about phrase

What does phrase mean?

phrase means "an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in phrase?

phrase has 1 syllable: phrase. In IPA it is /ˈfɹeɪz/.

What is another word for phrase?

Close synonyms include musical phrase, idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phrase a common word?

phrase is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with phrase?

2 words rhyme with phrase. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.