Meaning of PHRASEOLOGY
| Pronunciation: | | `freyzee'âlujee
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| | Definition: | | [n] the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton |
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| | Synonyms: | | choice of words, diction, phrasing, verbiage, wording |
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| | See Also: | | expression, formulation, mot juste, verbalisation, verbalization | |
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| | Definition: | | \Phra`se*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, phrase + -logy: cf.
F. phras['e]ologie.]
1. Manner of expression; peculiarity of diction; style.
Most completely national in his . . . phraseology.
--I. Taylor.
2. A collection of phrases; a phrase book. [R.]
Syn: Diction; style. See {Diction}.
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| | Related Terms: | | argot, cant, choice of words, composition, dialect, diction, expression, formulation, gibberish, gobbledygook, grammar, idiom, jargon, language, langue, lexicon, lexis, lingo, lingua, locution, mumbo jumbo, parlance, parole, patois, patter, personal usage, phrase, phrasing, rhetoric, scatology, slang, speech, stock of words, taboo language, talk, thesaurus, tongue, usage, use of words, usus loquendi, verbalism, verbiage, vernacular, vocabulary, vulgar language, wordage, wordhoard, wording, words |
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