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phrasing meaning

EN[ˈfɹeɪzɪŋ]
WPhrasing
  • Phrasing may refer to:
  • Phrasing (DJ)
  • Musical phrasing

    Definition of phrasing in English Dictionary

  • NounPLphrasingsSUF-ing
    1. The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.
      1. 1870 But for the Sir Walter disease, the character of the Southerner -- or Southron, according to Sir Walter's starchier way of phrasing it -- would be wholly modern, in place of modern and medieval mixed, and the South would be fully a generation further advanced than it is. Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi, Chapter 46.
    2. (music) The way the musical phrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others.
      1. 1891 The grand difficulty in the opening andante movement of Casta Diva lies in its broad, sustained phrasing, in the long, generous undulation of its rhythm, which with most singers drags or gets broken out of symmetry. Jenny Lind conceived and did it truly. Joel Benton, Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum, Chapter 17.
  • Verb
    1. present participle of phrase.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • The tall, elegant Mr. Burnett unfurled his limbs in the precise yet fluid phrasing employed by voguers.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Nouns
        • Countable nouns
        • Verbs
          • Verb forms
            • Participles
              • Present participles
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        1. en phrasings
        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of phrasing for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "phrasing" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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