nnoun.communicationan expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentenceDerivationally Related Form:phrasephrasal
Hypernyms:construction expression grammatical construction
Inherited Hypernyms:phraseconstructionconstituentsyntagmastring of wordslanguagecommunicationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:phraseconstructionconstituentsyntagmastring of wordsstringsequenceseriesorderingarrangementgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:catch phrasecatchphrasenominalnominal phrasenoun phrasepredicateprepositional phrasepronominalpronominal phraseresponseverb phrase
Part Meronyms:head word headword modifier qualifier
Full Hyponyms:catchphrasenoun phrasepredicateprepositional phrasepronominal phraseresponse
nnoun.communicationa short musical passageSynset:musical phrase
Derivationally Related Form:phrasal
Part Holonyms:air line melodic line melodic phrase melody strain tune
Hypernyms:musical passage passage
Inherited Hypernyms:phrasepassagemusical compositionmusicauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:ligatureostinato
Full Hyponyms:ground bassligatureostinatoriff
nnoun.communicationan expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it upSynset:idiom idiomatic expression phrasal idiom set phrase
Derivationally Related Form:idiomaticphrasephrasal
Hypernyms:expression locution saying
Inherited Hypernyms:idiomsayingspeechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:ruralismrusticism
nnoun.actdance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequenceDerivationally Related Form:phrasal
Hypernyms:dance dancing saltation terpsichore
Inherited Hypernyms:phrasedancingdiversionactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:phrasedancingperforming artshumanistic disciplinedisciplineknowledge domaincontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.communicationput into words or an expressionSynset:articulate formulate give voice word
Examples:- He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
Derivationally Related Form:articulationwordingphraseformulationphrasingword
Hypernyms:evince express show
Inherited Hypernyms:give voiceexpressconveyimparttellinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:askcastcouchdogmatisedogmatizeformulariseformularizeframelexicaliselexicalizeputredact
Full Troponyms:askdogmatizeformularizeframelexicalize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something is ---ing PP (apply to: give voice)
vverb.communicationdivide, combine, or mark into phrasesHypernyms:arrange order put set up
Inherited Hypernyms:phrasearrangeorganizemanagecontrol
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something