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PHRASING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("phrasing" is a kind of...):
grouping (the activity of putting things together in groups)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The manner in which something is expressed in words
Example:
use concise military verbiage
Synonyms:
choice of words; diction; phraseology; phrasing; verbiage; wording
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("phrasing" is a kind of...):
expression; formulation (the style of expressing yourself)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phrasing"):
mot juste (the appropriate word or expression)
verbalisation; verbalization (the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization)
Derivation:
phrase (put into words or an expression)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb phrase