phrasal
/ˈfɹeɪzəl/
phrasal adjective: relating to, or used in the manner of, a phrase.
Adjective
phrasal (comparative more phrasal, superlative most phrasal)
- Relating to, or used in the manner of, a phrase.
- Consisting of multiple words, but behaving as a single part of speech.
- phrasal preposition
Noun
phrasal (plural phrasals)
- A grammatical construct that consists of multiple words, but behaves as a single part of speech.
- Furthermore, children demonstrated that they understood the mapping by elaborating phrasals to sententials, and reducing sententials to phrasals when imitating.1985, Dan Isaac Slobin, The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition, page 105
- A phrasal verb.
phrasal meaning in Urdu
phrasal in Urdu
- عبارتی, ضمنی
Examples of phrasal in a sentence
- Should we classify "make up" as an idiom or as a phrasal verb?
- In 'The police told the driver to pull over', 'pull over' is a phrasal verb.
- In English, most phrasal prepositions consist of an adverbial followed by a one-word preposition.
Forms of phrasal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more phrasal |
| superlative | most phrasal |
| Noun | |
| plural | phrasals |
Origin of phrasal
From phrase + -al.
Words formed from phrasal
Phrases with phrasal
Words that rhyme with phrasal
- hazel
- nasal
- appraisal
- intranasal
- alinasal
- antronasal
- basinasal
- binasal
- bucconasal
- circumnasal
- dorsonasal
- endonasal
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- epinasal
- ethmonasal
- extranasal
- frontonasal
- hypernasal
- hyponasal
- inferonasal
- infranasal
- internasal
- labionasal
- lacrimonasal
- linguonasal
- maxillonasal
- mesonasal
- muconasal
- nonnasal
- oculonasal
- oralnasal
- orbitonasal
- oronasal
- orthonasal
- palatonasal
- palpebronasal
- paranasal
- perinasal
- pharyngonasal
- postnasal
- prenasal
- retronasal
- rostronasal
- septonasal
- sinonasal
- subnasal
- superonasal
- supranasal
- temporonasal
- tracheonasal
- transnasal
- ventronasal
- vomeronasal
Questions about phrasal
- What does phrasal mean?
- Phrasal means relating to, or used in the manner of, a phrase.
- What is phrasal in Urdu?
- Phrasal in Urdu is عبارتی, ضمنی. See Phrasal meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is phrasal?
- Phrasal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce phrasal?
- Phrasal is pronounced /ˈfɹeɪzəl/.
Words near phrasal in the dictionary
Source and license
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