designate by a descriptive word or phrase
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phraseddesignate by a descriptive word or phrase
syllabledPronounce (a word or phrase) clearly, syllable by syllable
contractingShorten (a word or phrase) by combination or elision
contractedShorten (a word or phrase) by combination or elision
syllablingPronounce (a word or phrase) clearly, syllable by syllable
transferringChange (the sense of a word or phrase) by extension or metaphor
transferredChange (the sense of a word or phrase) by extension or metaphor
crossedDelete an incorrect or inapplicable word or phrase by drawing a line through it
quothaan expression of mild sarcasm, used in picking up a word or phrase used by someone else
anagramsA word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters of another, such as cinema, formed from iceman
rebusesrepresentation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables
rebusrepresentation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables
parenthesisan amplifying or explanatory word, phrase, or sentence inserted in a passage from which it is usually set off by punctuation
parenthesesPARENTHESIS, an amplifying or explanatory word, phrase, or sentence inserted in a passage from which it is usually set off by punctuation
synonymword or phrase that by association is held to embody something (as a concept or quality) a tyrant whose name has become a synonym for oppression
definiendumA word, phrase, or symbol that is the subject of a definition, esp. in a dictionary entry, or that is introduced into a logical system by being defined
definiendaA word, phrase, or symbol that is the subject of a definition, esp. in a dictionary entry, or that is introduced into a logical system by being defined
definientiaA word, phrase, or symbolic expression used to define something, esp. in a dictionary entry, or introducing a word or symbol into a logical system by providing a statement of its meaning
calquedloan translation, esp. one resulting from bilingual interference in which the internal structure of a borrowed word or phrase is maintained but its morphemes are replaced by those of the native language, as German halbinsel for peninsula
calquesloan translation, esp. one resulting from bilingual interference in which the internal structure of a borrowed word or phrase is maintained but its morphemes are replaced by those of the native language, as German halbinsel for peninsula
calqueloan translation, esp. one resulting from bilingual interference in which the internal structure of a borrowed word or phrase is maintained but its morphemes are replaced by those of the native language, as German halbinsel for peninsula
pronounA word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this)
pronounsA word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this)