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Phrase

A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase.

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Broader term 15

Arrange 76% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Construction 76% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Dance 76% connected

To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of mov…

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Dancing 76% connected

of Dance

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Evince 76% connected

To conquer; to subdue.

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Express 76% connected

Exactly representing; exact.

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Expression 76% connected

The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expr…

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Locution 76% connected

Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Passage 76% connected

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Saltation 76% connected

A leaping or jumping.

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Saying 76% connected

of Say

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Terpsichore 76% connected

The Muse who presided over the choral song and the dance, especially the latter.

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Manner of action 8

Ask 76% connected

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

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Cast 76% connected

of Cast

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Couch 76% connected

To lay upon a bed or other resting place.

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Dogmatize 76% connected

To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance.

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Formularize 76% connected

To reduce to a forula; to formulate.

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Frame 76% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Redact 76% connected

To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

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Narrower term 6

Ligature 76% connected

The act of binding.

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Nominal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition.

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Predicate 76% connected

To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.

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Pronominal 76% connected

Belonging to, or partaking of the nature of, a pronoun.

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Response 76% connected

The act of responding.

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Ruralism 76% connected

The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.

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Derivationally related 4

Phrasal 74% connected

Of the nature of a phrase; consisting of a phrase; as, a phrasal adverb.

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Phrasal 74% connected

Of the nature of a phrase; consisting of a phrase; as, a phrasal adverb.

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Phraseology 74% connected

Manner of expression; peculiarity of diction; style.

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Phraseology 74% connected

Manner of expression; peculiarity of diction; style.

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Containing whole 5

Air 70% connected

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

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Line 70% connected

Flax; linen.

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Melody 70% connected

A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.

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Strain 70% connected

Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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Tune 70% connected

A sound; a note; a tone.

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Component part 2

Modifier 70% connected

One who, or that which, modifies.

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Qualifier 70% connected

One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.

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Synonym 4

Articulate 92% connected

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

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Formulate 92% connected

To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

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Idiom 92% connected

The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.

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Word 92% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

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