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[ frey-zing ] / ˈfreɪ zɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR phrasing ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of forming phrases. a manner or method of forming phrases; phraseology. Music. the grouping of the notes of a musical line into distinct phrases. Origin of phrasingFirst recorded in 1605–15; phrase + -ing1 Words nearby phrasingphraseology, phrase structure, phrase-structure grammar, phrase-structure rule, phrase structure tree, phrasing, phratry, phreak, phreaking, phreatic, phreatic zone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for phrasingGaga is especially convincing at slower tempos, and this is where weaknesses in phrasing are typically most exposed. Can Lady Gaga Do Jazz?|Ted Gioia|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST This is a more diplomatic way of phrasing my first post-election suggestion: "Insult fewer people next time." Bravo to the RNC's Big Steps Forward|David Frum|March 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST “That phrasing was very clumsy and poorly expresses my thoughts,” she explained. Twitter Campaign Forces Carla Bruni-Sarkozy to Backpedal on Feminism|Tracy McNicoll|December 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST Many readers thought our phrasing of "fairness" was a bit vague and made the question hard to answer. Poll Results: President Should Keep Campaigning on Fairness|David Frum|April 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Under Chinese law, the phrasing is the closest equivalent to "being released on bail." Ai Weiwei Comes Home|Melinda Liu, Isaac Stone Fish|June 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST The phrasing of the official translation has everywhere been followed. The Life of George Borrow|Herbert Jenkins Matter of fact phrasing, not phrasing too "literary" in spots, is most suitable. The Technique of Fiction Writing|Robert Saunders Dowst With these entries under his eye the speaker need think only of the phrasing of his remarks. Public Speaking|Clarence Stratton I have only one reply for these persons; and, phrasing it as politely as I can, I say to them that they are all liars. The Old Game|Samuel G. Blythe She probably had no definitely mischievous motive in the phrasing of this. It Never Can Happen Again|William De Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for phrasing
nounthe way in which something is expressed, esp in writing; wording music the division of a melodic line, part, etc, into musical phrases Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to phrasingphrase, diction, terminology, style, language, locution, mode, words, parlance, verbalism, phraseology, manner, turn of phrase, wordage |