phrase
verb/freɪz/
/freɪz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they phrase | /freɪz/ /freɪz/ |
| he / she / it phrases | /ˈfreɪzɪz/ /ˈfreɪzɪz/ |
| past simple phrased | /freɪzd/ /freɪzd/ |
| past participle phrased | /freɪzd/ /freɪzd/ |
| -ing form phrasing | /ˈfreɪzɪŋ/ /ˈfreɪzɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to say or write something in a particular way
- phrase something (+ adv./prep.) a carefully phrased remark
- I agree with what he says, but I'd have phrased it differently.
- She phrased the explanation in very simple terms.
- phrase something as something Her order was phrased as a suggestion.
Extra Examples- I should have phrased my question differently.
- The statement was very carefully phrased.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- differently
- beautifully
- …
- [intransitive, transitive] phrase (something) 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
- The concerto's slow movement was beautifully phrased.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘style or manner of expression’): via late Latin from Greek phrasis, from phrazein ‘declare, tell’.
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