▸ noun: A short written or spoken expression. ▸ noun: (grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words. ▸ noun: (music) A small section of music in a larger piece. ▸ noun: (archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression. ▸ noun: (dance) A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance. ▸ verb: (transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words. ▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive, music) To perform (a passage) with a particular phrasing. ▸ verb: (transitive, music) To divide into melodic phrases.
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