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phrase phrasesphrasingphrased

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nounA phrase is a short group of words that people often use as a way of saying something. The meaning of a phrase is often not obvious from the meaning of the individual words in it.He used a phrase I hate: 'You have to be cruel to be kind.'...the American phrase 'laying an egg' meaning to fail at something.A phrase is a small group of words which forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence .It is impossible to hypnotise someone simply by saying a particular word or phrase.verbIf you phrase something in a particular way, you express it in words in that way.I would have phrased it quite differently.The speech was carefully phrased.They phrased it as a question. A1

word	phrase
definition	noun A phrase is a short group of words that people often use as a way of saying something. The meaning of a phrase is often not obvious from the meaning of the individual words in it. He used a phrase I hate: 'You have to be cruel to be kind.' ...the American phrase 'laying an egg' meaning to fail at something. A phrase is a small group of words which forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence . It is impossible to hypnotise someone simply by saying a particular word or phrase. verb If you phrase something in a particular way, you express it in words in that way. I would have phrased it quite differently. The speech was carefully phrased. They phrased it as a question.
inflections	phrasesphrasingphrased
cefr-level	A1

Phrase Words Meaning Phrased Group I Noun Short