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Meaning of phrase

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  phrase
      n 1: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a
           grammatical constituent of a sentence
      2: a short musical passage [syn: {phrase}, {musical phrase}]
      3: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the
         meanings of the words that make it up [syn: {idiom},
         {idiomatic expression}, {phrasal idiom}, {set phrase},
         {phrase}]
      4: dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic
         sequence
      v 1: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his
           concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: {give voice},
           {formulate}, {word}, {phrase}, {articulate}]
      2: divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical
         passage"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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