phraseology

Other forms of phraseology

plural

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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 phraseology

What does phraseology mean?

phraseology means "the manner in which something is expressed in words".

How many syllables are in phraseology?

phraseology has 5 syllables: phra-se-o-lo-gy. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˌfɹeɪziˈɔlɔdʒi/.

What is another word for phraseology?

Close synonyms include wording, diction, phrasing, choice of words, verbiage. 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 phraseology a common word?

phraseology is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.