Phrase

Phrase

In everyday speech, a phrase may refer to any group of words. In linguistics, a phrase is a group of words (or sometimes a single word) that form a constituent and so function as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence. A phrase is lower on the grammatical hierarchy than a clause.

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Famous quotes containing the word phrase:

    ““Poor but happy” is not a phrase invented by a poor person.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “Rude am I in my speech,
    And little blessed with the soft phrase of peace.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “... that phrase of mischievous sophistry, “all men are born free and equal.” This false and futile axiom, which has done, is doing, and will do so much harm to this fine country ...”
    —Frances Trollope (1780–1863)