phrase

phrase is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase.
2. noun. A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human.
3. noun. A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression.
4. noun. A short clause or portion of a period.
5. transitive verb. To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style.
6. intransitive verb. To use proper or fine phrases.
7. intransitive verb. To group notes into phrases; as, he phrases well. See Phrase, n., 4.
8. noun. dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
9. noun. an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
10. noun. a short musical passage
11. noun. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

    Synonyms: idiom

12. verb. divide, combine, or mark into phrases

    "phrase a musical passage"

13. verb. put into words or an expression

    "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"

    Synonyms: articulate, formulate, word

Synonyms

idiom, articulate, formulate, word

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in phrase:

phaser, raphes, seraph, shaper, sherpa, shrape

Common word forms

phrased, phraser, phrases, phrasing, phraseable, phraseless

Words from these letters

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