phrase

A short written or spoken expression.

A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plu

Holonyms: clause, sentence; phrasing, phraseology, turn of phrase; phrase-book; document, message; language; communication

Meronyms: head, complement, adjunct, supplement, modifier; term, word

A small section of music in a larger piece.

A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.

Thou speak'st / In better phrase and matter than thou didst.

[…] From out a common vein of memory / Sweet household talk, and phrases of the hearth, […]

A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.

To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.

I wasn't sure how to phrase my condolences without sounding patronising.

These suns — for so they phrase 'em.

To perform (a passage) with a particular phrasing.

To divide into melodic phrases.