phraseology

[ frey-zee-ol-uh-jee ]

/ ˌfreɪ ziˈɒl ə dʒi /

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noun

manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.

expressions; phrases: obscure phraseology.

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Origin of phraseology

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

synonym study for phraseology

1. See diction.

OTHER WORDS FROM phraseology

phra·se·o·log·i·cal

[frey-zee-uh-loj-i-kuhl], /ˌfreɪ zi əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl/, phra·se·o·log·ic, adjectivephra·se·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby phraseology

phrase marker, phrasemonger, phraseogram, phraseograph, phraseologist, phraseology, phrase structure, phrase-structure grammar, phrase-structure rule, phrase structure tree, phrasing

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How to use phraseology in a sentence

This letter indirectly points out two long-standing radical errors in engineering phraseology.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
Like a clarion call the note rings in my ears, amidst the din of contending views and obscure phraseology.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
Scotch shrewdness expresses itself in a phraseology all its own, and of which Donald alone possesses the secret.
Friend Mac Donald|Max O'Rell
Several claims may be made, but they should not be varying phraseology for the same thing.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

I am allowed to receive all mail sent, "of moral contents," in the phraseology of the rules.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman

British Dictionary definitions for phraseology

phraseology

/ (ˌfreɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ) /

noun plural -gies

the manner in which words or phrases are used

a set of phrases used by a particular group of people

Derived forms of phraseology

phraseological (ˌfreɪzɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl), adjectivephraseologically, adverb

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phraseology

Origin of phraseology

synonym study for phraseology

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British Dictionary definitions for phraseology

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