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phra·se·ol·o·gy

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–noun

1.	manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.

2.	expressions; phrases: obscure phraseology.

[Origin: 1655–65; < NGk phraseología (erroneously for *phrasiología), coined by German humanist Michael Neander (1525–95); see phrase, -o-, -logy

]

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phra·se·o·log·i·cal

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phra·se·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. See diction.

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n. pl. phra·se·ol·o·gies

The way in which words and phrases are used in speech or writing; style.
A set of expressions used by a particular person or group: nautical phraseology.

phra'se·o·log'i·cal (-ə-lŏj'ĭ-kəl) adj., phra'se·ol'o·gist n.

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phraseology
noun
the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: wording]

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phraseology [freiziˈolədʒi] noun

the manner of putting words and phrases together to express oneself
Example: His phraseology shows that he is a foreigner.

Arabic:	أسْلوب التَّعبير
Chinese (Simplified):	措词
Chinese (Traditional):	措詞
Czech:	frazeologie
Danish:	ordvalg; formulering
Dutch:	uitdrukkingswijze
Estonian:	kõnepruuk
Finnish:	fraseologia
French:	phraséologie
German:	die Ausdrucksweise
Greek:	φρασεολογία
Hungarian:	kifejezésmód
Icelandic:	málfar, orðfæri
Indonesian:	frasiologi
Italian:	fraseologia

Japanese:	言いまわし
Korean:	말씨, 말투
Latvian:	izteiksmes veids; vārdu izvēle
Lithuanian:	žodžių jungimas, *parinkimas
Norwegian:	fraseologi, uttrykksmåte
Polish:	sposób wyrażania się
Portuguese (Brazil):	fraseologia
Portuguese (Portugal):	fraseologia
Romanian:	mod de exprimare
Russian:	язык, слог
Slovak:	frazeológia
Slovenian:	frazeologija
Spanish:	fraseología
Swedish:	fraseologi, språkbruk
Turkish:	ifade tarzı

See also: phrase-book, phrasing, phrasal verb, phrase

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Phraseology

Dic"tion\, n. [L. dicto a saying, a word, fr. dicere, dictum, to say; akin to dicare to proclaim, and to E. teach, token: cf. F. diction. See Teach, and cf. Benison, Dedicate, Index, Judge, Preach, Vengeance.] Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as, the diction of Chaucer's poems.

His diction blazes up into a sudden explosion of prophetic grandeur. --De Quincey.

Syn: Diction, Style, Phraseology.

Usage: Style relates both to language and thought; diction, to language only; phraseology, to the mechanical structure of sentences, or the mode in which they are phrased. The style of Burke was enriched with all the higher graces of composition; his diction was varied and copious; his phraseology, at times, was careless and cumbersome. "Diction is a general term applicable alike to a single sentence or a connected composition. Errors in grammar, false construction, a confused disposition of words, or an improper application of them, constitute bad diction; but the niceties, the elegancies, the peculiarities, and the beauties of composition, which mark the genius and talent of the writer, are what is comprehended under the name of style." --Crabb.

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Phraseology

Phra`se*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, phrase + -logy: cf. F. phras['e]ologie.]

1. Manner of expression; peculiarity of diction; style.

Most completely national in his . . . phraseology. --I. Taylor.

2. A collection of phrases; a phrase book. [R.]

Syn: Diction; style. See Diction.

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