■ noun
1》 a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit.
↘an idiomatic or short pithy expression.
2》 Music a group of notes forming a distinct unit within a longer passage.
■ verb
1》 put into a particular form of words.
2》 [often as noun phrasing ] divide (music) into ~s in a particular way.
Derivatives
phrasal adjective
phrasally adverb
Phrases
turn of ~ a particular or characteristic manner of expression.
Origin
C16: via late L. from Gk phrasis , from phrazein 'declare, tell'.