单词 | phasis |
释义 | phasis in American English (ˈfeɪsɪs; ˈfeɪzɪs) nounWord forms: plural ˈphaˌses (ˈfeɪˌsiz; ˈfeɪˌziz) a phase; aspect; way; stage Word origin ModLphasis in American English (ˈfeisɪs) nounWord forms: plural -ses (-siz) a manner, stage, or aspect of being; phase Word origin [1650–60; ‹ NL ‹ Gk phásis appearance, equiv. to pha- (base of phaínein to show) + -sis -sis]This word is first recorded in the period 1650–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: gas, profile, romantic, syllabus, triplet-sis is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form from verbsabstract nouns of action, process, state, condition, etc. Other words that use theaffix -sis include: analysis, anamnesis, ellipsis, prolepsis, symbiosisExamples of 'phasis' in a sentence |
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