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| phrasing | |
| 1. n. The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice. |  |
| 1870 But for the Sir Walter disease, the character of the Southerner -- or Southron, according to Sir Walter's starchier way of phrasing it -- would be wholly modern, in place of modern and med | |
| 2. n. (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. | |
| 1891 The grand difficulty in the opening andante movement of Casta Diva lies in its broad, sustained phrasing, in the long, generous undulation of its rhythm, which with most singers drags or g | |
| phrase | |
| 1. n. A short written or spoken expression. | |
| 2. n. (grammar) A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words. | |
| 3. n. (music) A small section of music in a larger piece. | |
| 4. n. (archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression. | |
| 5. v. To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words. | |
| I wasn't sure how to phrase my condolences without sounding patronising. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive, music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing. | |
| 7. v. (transitive, music) To divide into melodic phrases. | |
