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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.

Origin of breath group

First recorded in 1875–80
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Historical Examples of breath group

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