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breath group

noun

, Phonetics.
  1. a sequence of sounds articulated in the course of a single exhalation; an utterance or part of an utterance produced between pauses for breath.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of breath group1

First recorded in 1875–80

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Example Sentences

The words which are read together in one breath are called a breath group.

Verse must be divided into phrases, each of which can be uttered easily as one breath-group.

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