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phrasing

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phras·ing  (frzng)
n.
1. The act of making phrases.
2. The manner in which an expression is phrased.
3. Music The manner in which a phrase is rendered or interpreted.

phrasing [ˈfreɪzɪŋ]
n
1. the way in which something is expressed, esp in writing; wording
2. (Music / Classical Music) Music the division of a melodic line, part, etc., into musical phrases
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.phrasing - the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line
grouping - the activity of putting things together in groups
2.phrasing - the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton
formulation, expression - the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"
mot juste - the appropriate word or expression
verbalisation, verbalization - the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization
Translations
phrasing [ˈfreɪzɪŋ] N (= act) → redacción f; [of question] → formulación f; (= style) → estilo m, términos mpl (Mus) → fraseo m
the phrasing is rather unfortunatela forma en que está expresado es bastante desafortunada
phrasing [ˈfreɪzɪŋ] n
(= wording) [question, letter, statement] → libellé m
[musician] → phrasé m
phrasing
n (= act)Formulierung f; (= style)Ausdrucksweise f, → Stil m; (Mus) → Phrasierung f
phrasing [ˈfreɪzɪŋ] n (of thought, request, letter) → formulazione f (Mus) → fraseggio
phrasing [ˈfreɪzɪŋ] n (of thought, request, letter) → formulazione f (Mus) → fraseggio


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His brows drew in slightly with the mental effort of suitably phrasing thoughts which he had never before put into speech.
Both in this poem and others of Tennyson, and in every poet that I have loved, there are melodies and harmonies enfolding significance that appeared long after I had first read them, and had even learned them by heart; that lay weedy in my outer ear and were enough in their Mere beauty of phrasing, till the time came for them to reveal their whole meaning.
And his next thought was that he had been phrasing his ideas very well, and he went to bed wondering why he could not talk in similar fashion when he was with Ruth.
 
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