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phraseology
[ frey-zee-ol-uh-jee ]
noun
- manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language:
legal phraseology.
- expressions; phrases:
obscure phraseology.
phraseology
/ ˌfreɪzɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl; ˌfreɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ /
noun
- the manner in which words or phrases are used
- a set of phrases used by a particular group of people
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Derived Forms
- phraseological, adjective
- ˌphraseoˈlogically, adverb
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Other Words From
- phra·se·o·log·i·cal [frey-zee-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], phrase·o·logic adjective
- phrase·o·logi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of phraseology1
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Example Sentences
This letter indirectly points out two long-standing radical errors in engineering phraseology.
Like a clarion call the note rings in my ears, amidst the din of contending views and obscure phraseology.
Scotch shrewdness expresses itself in a phraseology all its own, and of which Donald alone possesses the secret.
Several claims may be made, but they should not be varying phraseology for the same thing.
I am allowed to receive all mail sent, "of moral contents," in the phraseology of the rules.
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