Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or consisting of a phrase; con sisting of two or more words.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of the nature of a phrase; consisting of a phrase.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Referring to, or used in the manner of, a
phrase . - adjective Being a phrase.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or functioning as a phrase
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Examples
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Thanks, Adrian, for that insight into the stress patterns in phrasal verbs.
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Because the rules and guidelines are not commonly understood, hyphens in phrasal adjectives tend to be ignored or haphazardly applied.
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Because the rules and guidelines are not commonly understood, hyphens in phrasal adjectives tend to be ignored or haphazardly applied.
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9 Responses to “Hyphens in phrasal adjectives” conor b. says:
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On the other hand, the lists of examples often include items that, however you stretch the definiton, can hardly be classified as phrasal verbs.
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Snowclone is the unlovely name given to the notion of phrasal templates, or what might be called do-it-yourself cliché kits.
Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » X is the new Y, the network diagram 2007
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It is, instead, functioning syntactically in English as a particle, tightly glued to the verb "stumble" and both of them together are called a phrasal verb.
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If there's really an editor at that paper who enforces a "rule" that object pronouns must follow the intransitive prepositions of so-called phrasal verbs, there should be plenty of evidence.
Language Log 2009
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It looks like some kind of phrasal gender harmony.
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If there’s really an editor at that paper who enforces a “rule” that object pronouns must follow the intransitive prepositions of so-called phrasal verbs, there should be plenty of evidence.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Trying Too Hard? [UPDATE: Or Maybe Just Making a One-Off Mistake] 2009
kot2 commented on the word phrasal
I can say I am from Poland. I am inviting to my page www.konarmeble.pl
June 18, 2012