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phrasal

  • /ˈfɹeɪzəl/

Rhymes with -eɪzəl

adjective more phrasal · most phrasal

  1. Relating to, or used in the manner of, a phrase.
  2. Consisting of multiple words, but behaving as a single part of speech. phrasal preposition

noun phrasals

  1. A grammatical construct that consists of multiple words, but behaves as a single part of speech. Furthermore, children demonstrated that they understood the mapping by elaborating phrasals to sententials, and reducing sententials to phrasals when imitating.
  2. A phrasal verb.

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adj being a phrase

Portuguêsfrasal
Deutschphrasalisch
Ελληνικάφραστικός frastikós, εκφραστικός ekfrastikós

adj relating to a phrase

Portuguêsfrasal
DeutschAusdrucks-, Satz-
Ελληνικάφραστικός frastikós

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@misc{phrasal_2026,
  title = {phrasal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phrasal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}