different between phrase vs formulate

English

Etymology

From Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from ????? (phráz?, “I tell, express”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: fr?z, IPA^(key): /f?e?z/
• Rhymes: -e?z
• Homophones: fraise, frays

Noun

phrase (plural phrases)

1. A short written or spoken expression.

2. (grammar) A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.
3. (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
4. (archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.

   • phrases of the hearth
5. (dance) A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.

Synonyms

• (expression): figure of speech, locution
• See also Thesaurus:phrase

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• phrase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

phrase (third-person singular simple present phrases, present participle phrasing, simple past and past participle phrased)

1. (transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.

   I wasn't sure how to phrase my condolences without sounding patronising.
2. (intransitive, music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
3. (transitive, music) To divide into melodic phrases.

Derived terms

• phrasing

Related terms

• paraphrase
• rephrase

Translations

Further reading

• phrase in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• phrase in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• phrase at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• E sharp, E-sharp, Harpes, Sharpe, Sherpa, Spehar, e sharp, e-sharp, harpes, hepars, pasher, phares, phaser, raphes, seraph, shaper, sharpe, sherpa, shrape, sphear

French

Etymology

From Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from ????? (phráz?, “I tell, express”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??z/

Noun

phrase f (plural phrases)

1. sentence

Derived terms

• phrase complexe
• phrase simple
• tournure de phrase

Usage notes

• This is a false friend to English phrase.

Further reading

• “phrase” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• harpes, phares

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?p?ra.se/, [?p??äs??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fra.se/, [?f???s??]

Noun

phrase

1. ablative singular of phrasis

Portuguese

Noun

phrase f (plural phrases)

1. Obsolete spelling of frase (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

English

Etymology

From formula +? -ate

Verb

formulate (third-person singular simple present formulates, present participle formulating, simple past and past participle formulated)

1. (transitive) To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

   • Another source of evidence supporting the conclusion that children learn language by formulating a set of rules comes from the errors that they produce. A case in point are overgeneralized past tense forms like comed, goed, seed, buyed, bringed, etc. frequently used by young children. [...]

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• formulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• formulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Esperanto

Adverb

formulate

1. present adverbial passive participle of formuli

Italian

Verb

formulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of formulare
2. second-person plural imperative of formulare
3. feminine plural of formulato