Phrase

Phrase

In everyday speech, a phrase may refer to any group of words. In linguistics, a phrase is a group of words (or sometimes a single word) that form a constituent and so function as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence. A phrase is lower on the grammatical hierarchy than a clause.

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Famous quotes containing the word phrase:

    ““Poor but happy” is not a phrase invented by a poor person.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “Rude am I in my speech,
    And little blessed with the soft phrase of peace.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Mormon colonization south of this point in early times was characterized as “going over the Rim,” and in colloquial usage the same phrase came to connote violent death.”
    —State of Utah, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)