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phraseology

[frey-zee-ol-uh-jee]

noun

  1. manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language.

    legal phraseology.

  2. expressions; phrases.

    obscure phraseology.



phraseology

/ ˌfreɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ, ˌfreɪzɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

  1. the manner in which words or phrases are used

  2. a set of phrases used by a particular group of people

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Other Word Forms

  • phraseological adjective
  • phraseologic adjective
  • phraseologically adverb
  • ˌˈDz adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of phraseology1

First recorded in 1600–10; from New Latin phraseologia (erroneously for unattested Greek DZDzí ), coined by German humanist Michael Neander (1525–95); phrase, -o-, -logy
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Synonym Study

See diction.
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Example Sentences

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The victim's mother, a college teacher, recognised the letter's writing style and phraseology as that of a colleague, Meher, a former principal she had replaced.

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And we have already had senior figures on both sides talking about last-minute tweaks and that old favourite in the phraseology of EU negotiations: "Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed."

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He also cautioned that he was unsure of the government's definition of a working person, adding: "We’ve got to find a different phraseology".

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if the different “officer” phraseology in the Constitution had different meanings?’”

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Bono: I wish I had the courage and phraseology to say exactly that.

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