phrasing en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɹeɪzɪŋ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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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.
1870, Mark Twain, chapter 46, in Life on the Mississippi, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2014:
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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.
1977 August 13, Jim Marko, “Swados' Rare and Moving Nightclub Cantata”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 6, page 11:
Forms
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Deriveds
Synonyms
wording · terminology · phrasing · talk · verbiage · wording · wordage
Translations (19)
de Ausdrucksweise (the way a statement is put together) · fi sanamuoto (the way a statement is put together) · pl sformułowanie (the way a statement is put together) · ga míriú (the way the musical phrases are put together) · ca fraseig (the way the musical phrases are put together) · ru формули́рование (the way a statement is put together) · pl fraza (the way the musical phrases are put together) · ru фразиро́вка (the way a statement is put together) · nl bewoording (the way a statement is put together) · cy geiriad (the way a statement is put together) · de Phrasierung (the way the musical phrases are put together) · cy brawddegu (the way the musical phrases are put together) · ru формулиро́вка (the way a statement is put together) · de Phrasierung (the way a statement is put together) · fr phrasé (the way the musical phrases are put together) · fr formulation (the way a statement is put together) · fi fraseeraus (the way the musical phrases are put together) · fr choix de mots (the way a statement is put together) · uk фразува́ння (the way the musical phrases are put together)