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noun 
  1. A short written or spoken expression.
  2. (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. In the noun phrase the big bird, for example, the noun, bird is the head.
  3. (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: frase(nl)f
  • French: phrase(fr)f
  • German: Redewendung
Etymology: From phrasis (diction) < (manner of expression), from (to tell, to express).


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