Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The way in which words and phrases are used in speech or writing; style.
- noun A set of expressions used by a particular person or group.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The form of words used in ex pressing some idea or thought; mode or style of expression; the particular words or phrases combined to form a sentence, or the method of arranging them; diction; style.
- noun A collection of phrases and idioms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Manner of expression; peculiarity of diction; style.
- noun rare A collection of phrases; a phrase book.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun study of set or fixed expressions
- noun the
style in whichwords andphrases are used inwriting orspeech - noun a group of
specialized words and expressions used by a particular group - noun a collection of phrases; a
phrasebook
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the manner in which something is expressed in words
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Etymology and the sourcing of all the words and phraseology is from the world over, and it is this universality which makes for the Numero Uno status that the language enjoys.
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Such phraseology is needed if one wants to name things without calling up mental pictures of them.
Barry Eisler: The Definition of Insanity Barry Eisler 2010
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These examples suggest that the phraseology is most common with the verb know – forming what amounts to a fixed expression.
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That phraseology is flat-out a class argument based on a class theory that has been grafted onto the Constitution during the 20th century.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Kagan’s New View of Confirmation Hearings? 2010
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Such phraseology is needed if one wants to name things without calling up mental pictures of them.
Barry Eisler: The Definition of Insanity Barry Eisler 2010
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Such phraseology is needed if one wants to name things without calling up mental pictures of them.
Barry Eisler: The Definition of Insanity Barry Eisler 2010
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These examples suggest that the phraseology is most common with the verb know – forming what amounts to a fixed expression.
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Interesting phraseology from the Republican Leader!
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Such phraseology is needed if one wants to name things without calling up mental pictures of them.
Barry Eisler: The Definition of Insanity Barry Eisler 2010
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I think, translation of much Indian poetry loses their vibrancy, because more than often the phraseology is itself the essence and cannot be reproduced in English.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) : Rigoberto González : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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