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phr

phr is the abbreviation of phrase.

phr is the abbreviation of phrasal.

Meaning of phrase

Noun

phrase (plural phrases)

  1. A short written or spoken expression.
    • I've made progress, but this is still, in Churchill's phrase, just "the end of the beginning."
  2. 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.
    • Holonyms: clause, sentence; phrasing, phraseology, turn of phrase; phrase-book; document, message; language; communication
  3. A small section of music in a larger piece.
  4. (archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
    • Thou speak'st / In better phrase and matter than thou didst.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  5. A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.

See all 8 meanings of phrase

Meaning of phrasal

Adjective

phrasal (comparative more phrasal, superlative most phrasal)

  1. Relating to, or used in the manner of, a phrase.
  2. Consisting of multiple words, but behaving as a single part of speech.
    • phrasal preposition

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Questions about phr

What is phr the abbreviation of?
Phr is the abbreviation of phrase.

Words near phr in the dictionary

  1. PHP
  2. PHPer
  3. PHPers
  4. phpht
  5. PHPs
  6. phr
  7. phr.
  8. PHRA
  9. Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
  10. phractolaemid
  11. phractolaemids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phr (page history and authors); phrase (page history and authors); phrasal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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