Plural of phrase
regular plural
The plural of phrase is phrases.
Forms of phrase
| Singular | phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | phrases /ˈfɹeɪzɪz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Phrases in a sentence
- If we didn't allow one-word phrases, we'd often have to say "either a noun or an NP," "either a verb or a VP," and so on.2024, Geoffrey K. Pullum, The Truth About English Grammar, Polity Press, →ISBN, page 12
- Phrases such as officer-involved shooting are often criticized as examples of passive voice.From the entry passive voice
- Nouns indicating status often appear in anarthrous noun phrases, ie, as bare nouns.From the entry anarthrous
- The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.From the entry hackneyed
- In the phrases ‘I am running tomorrow’ and ‘I am running now,’ the main verb is in the non-past tense.From the entry non-past
Meaning of phrase
- noun A short written or spoken expression.
- noun 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 A small section of music in a larger piece.
Questions about the plural of phrase
- What is the plural of phrase?
- The plural of phrase is phrases.
- Is phrase countable?
- Phrase is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: phrase (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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