Compare to in phrases
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THANCompare to, in phrases.
SNEETo cut (in phrases after snick).
THEROADIn phrases, something to share or hit
damnation(used in exclamatory phrases to express anger, disappointment, etc.)
syntaxesthe way in which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (as phrases or clauses)
chiasmian inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases (as in Goldsmith's to stop too fearful, and too faint to go)
chiasmusan inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases (as in Goldsmith's to stop too fearful, and too faint to go)
syntagmA linguistic unit consisting of a set of linguistic forms (phonemes, words, or phrases) that are in a sequential relationship to one another
syntagmasA linguistic unit consisting of a set of linguistic forms (phonemes, words, or phrases) that are in a sequential relationship to one another
syntagmataA linguistic unit consisting of a set of linguistic forms (phonemes, words, or phrases) that are in a sequential relationship to one another
parataxisThe placing of clauses or phrases one after another, without words to indicate coordination or subordination, as in Tell me, how are you?
argumentsAny of the noun phrases in a clause that are related directly to the verb, typically the subject, direct object, and indirect object
syntagmsA linguistic unit consisting of a set of linguistic forms (phonemes, words, or phrases) that are in a sequential relationship to one another
parataxesThe placing of clauses or phrases one after another, without words to indicate coordination or subordination, as in Tell me, how are you?
chiasmusa reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.”
theed as a function word in prepositional phrases to indicate that the noun in the phrase serves as a basis for computation sold by the dozen
gradusdictionary of prosody, esp. one that gives word quantities and poetic phrases and that is intended to aid students in the writing of Latin and Greek verse
nondirectiveof, relating to, or being psychotherapy, counseling, or interviewing in which the counselor refrains from interpretation or explanation but encourages the client (as by repeating phrases) to talk freely
orused as a function word to indicate an alternative coffee or tea sink or swim, the equivalent or substitutive character of two words or phrases lessen or abate, or approximation or uncertainty in five or six days
bottomsurface (as the seat of a chair) designed to support something resting on it used figuratively in phrases like the bottom dropped out to describe a sudden collapse or downturn lost millions when the bottom dropped out of the stock market
saltcontainer for salt at table often used in the phrases above the salt and below the salt alluding to the former custom of seating persons of higher rank above and those of lower rank below a saltcellar placed in the middle of a long table
saltscontainer for salt at table often used in the phrases above the salt and below the salt alluding to the former custom of seating persons of higher rank above and those of lower rank below a saltcellar placed in the middle of a long table
thankedto express gratitude to thanked her for the present used in the phrase thank you usually without a subject to politely express gratitude thank you for your consideration or sometimes to emphasize a preceding statement especially by implying that it is not subject to question likes her job just fine, thank you used in such phrases as thank God, thank goodness usually without a subject to express gratitude or more often only the speaker's or writer's pleasure or satisfaction in something
thankerto express gratitude to thanked her for the present used in the phrase thank you usually without a subject to politely express gratitude thank you for your consideration or sometimes to emphasize a preceding statement especially by implying that it is not subject to question likes her job just fine, thank you used in such phrases as thank God, thank goodness usually without a subject to express gratitude or more often only the speaker's or writer's pleasure or satisfaction in something