Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of making phrases.
- noun The manner in which an expression is phrased.
- noun Music The manner in which a phrase is rendered or interpreted.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wording of a speech or passage.
- noun In music, the act, process, or result of dividing a piece in performance into short sections or phrases, so as to give it form and clearness. Skill in phrasing is one of the chief qualities of a good performer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Method of expression; association of words.
- noun (Mus.) The act or method of grouping the notes so as to form distinct musical phrases.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
phrase . - noun The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.
- noun music The way the musical
phrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the manner in which something is expressed in words
- noun the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line
Etymologies
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Examples
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This phrasing is an explicit rejection of the older formulation, “life, liberty and property.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar
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This phrasing is an explicit rejection of the older formulation, “life, liberty and property.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar
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This phrasing is an explicit rejection of the older formulation, “life, liberty and property.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar
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The problem with this phrasing is that "barbaric," on one level or another, seems to modify "cultural" as well as, or rather than, "practices."
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The phrasing is ... unusual, but the imagery and emotions it evokes is ..... * sits down* amazing!
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I agree with your argument, but this choice of phrasing is amusingly ironic.
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Rubin's phrasing is in addition rather peculiar: "It is all very well ... to insist that it is the written-down story that should command our attention as readers".
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The phrasing is also deceptive and confusing, but it fails to make clear that the first clause (relating to private health insurance) is unrelated to the remainder (barring the use of the interstate commerce or other powers to regulate intrastate commerce).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Draft the Federalism Restoration Amendment
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That conditional phrasing is very important, however.
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And the phrasing is not that member of the family, "Oh honey, you grew up so pretty, you look just like your mother/aunt/cousin's best friend's roommate."
fbharjo commented on the word phrasing
phra-sing sings the song
June 19, 2011