"phrasing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹeɪzɪŋ/ Forms: phrasings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪzɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} phrasing (plural phrasings)
  1. The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice. Synonyms: wording, wording Translations (the way a statement is put together): bewoording [feminine] (Dutch), sanamuoto (Finnish), formulation [feminine] (French), choix de mots [feminine] (French), Phrasierung [feminine] (German), Ausdrucksweise [feminine] (German), sformułowanie [neuter] (Polish), фразиро́вка (fraziróvka) [feminine] (Russian), формулиро́вка (formuliróvka) [feminine] (Russian), формули́рование (formulírovanije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-phrasing-en-noun-Vdt6xlOv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 43 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 40 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 43 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 41 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 38 35 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 38 35 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 38 35 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 40 36 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 37 35 28 Disambiguation of 'the way a statement is put together': 61 39
  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. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-phrasing-en-noun-TY2QH6GT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 43 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 40 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 43 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 41 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 38 35 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 38 35 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 38 35 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 40 36 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 37 35 28 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cross-phrasing Translations (the way the musical phrases are put together): fraseeraus (Finnish), phrasé [masculine] (French), fraza [feminine] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'the way the musical phrases are put together': 55 45

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɹeɪzɪŋ/
Rhymes: -eɪzɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} phrasing
  1. present participle and gerund of phrase Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: phrase
    Sense id: en-phrasing-en-verb-FaOyjM4a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 43 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 40 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 43 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 41 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 38 35 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 38 35 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 38 35 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 40 36 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 37 35 28

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (f90d964 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.