phrasing
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phrasing
- /ˈfɹeɪzɪŋ/
Rhymes with -eɪzɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of phrase
noun phrasings
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The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.
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 medieval mixed, and the South would be fully a generation further advanced than it is.
Similar: wording, phrasing, wordage, talk, terminology, verbiage
- 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. I found myself truly moved by a stage event for the first time in years. I found myself humming tunes that one might not rightfully call tunes. Days later, I still remember these musical phrasings in little swatches of sound.
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Closest in meaning: wording, diction, phraseology, verbiage, language, expression, formulation, redaction, text, editorial, editor, statement, drafting, formula, sentence, framing
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noun the way the musical phrases are put together
| Français | phrasé |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Phrasierung |
noun the way a statement is put together
| Français | formulation, choix de mots |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Phrasierung, Ausdrucksweise |
| Русский | фразиро́вка fraziróvka, формулиро́вка formuliróvka, формули́рование formulírovanije |
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title = {phrasing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phrasing},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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