phrase
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
Types & categories
- grammatical construction hypernym
- noun phrase hyponym
- verb phrase hyponym
- prepositional phrase hyponym
- pronominal phrase hyponym
- response hyponym
- catchphrase hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
put into words or an expression
He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
Types & categories
- express hypernym
- ask hyponym
- lexicalize hyponym
- dogmatize hyponym
- formularize hyponym
- couch hyponym
Related & opposite
- conceptualization derivation
- word derivation
- phrase derivation
- word derivation
- formulation derivation
- articulation derivation
- wording derivation
- idiomatic expression derivation
Sense 3 noun
a short musical passage
Types & categories
- musical passage hypernym
- ligature hyponym
- ostinato hyponym
Parts & wholes
- tune part holonym
Related & opposite
- phrasal derivation
Sense 4 verb
divide, combine, or mark into phrases
phrase a musical passage
Types & categories
- arrange hypernym
Sense 5 noun
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- phrase derivation
- phrasal derivation
- idiomatic derivation
- out of whack has domain usage
- in the lurch has domain usage
- like clockwork has domain usage
Sense 6 noun
dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
Types & categories
- dancing hypernym
Related & opposite
- phrasal derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | phrase |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | phrasal |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | head word |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | modifier |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | grammatical construction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | noun phrase |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | verb phrase |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prepositional phrase |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pronominal phrase |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | response |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | catchphrase |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conceptualization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | word |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | phrase |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | word |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | formulation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | articulation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wording |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | idiomatic expression |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | express |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ask |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lexicalize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dogmatize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | formularize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | couch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | phrasal |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | tune |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | musical passage |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ligature |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ostinato |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrange |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | phrase |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | phrasal |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | idiomatic |
| 5 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | out of whack |
| 5 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | in the lurch |
| 5 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | like clockwork |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | saying |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruralism |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | phrasal |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | dancing |