The meaning of Phase
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Phase – definition
nounA distinct period or stage in a series of events or a process of change or development.
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The final phases of the warnounEach of the aspects of the moon or a planet, according to the amount of its illumination, especially the new moon, the first quarter, the full moon, and the last quarter.
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The second condition is that the sun, earth and the moon must also be lined up, corresponding to th…nounA genetic or seasonal variety of an animal's coloration.
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The invertebrate residents of the tundra pass the winter in dormant phasenounA distinct and homogeneous form of matter (i.e. a particular solid, liquid, or gas) separated by its surface from other forms.
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Solid carbon dioxide passes directly into the gas phase without becoming a liquidnounThe relationship in time between the successive states or cycles of an oscillating or repeating system (such as an alternating electric current or a light or sound wave) and either a fixed reference point or the states or cycles of another system with which it may or may not be in synchrony.
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There are two output channels, one fixed in phase and the other variable in phase between 0 and 360…noun(in systemic grammar) the relationship between a catenative verb and the verb that follows it, as in she hoped to succeed and i like swimming.
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For talking about two actions or states, which are closely linked, we use two verbs together in pha…
verbCarry out (something) in gradual stages.
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The work is being phased over a number of yearsverbAdjust the phase of (something), especially so as to synchronize it with something else.
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About 70% of the reflections were phased by this method
nounAny stage in a series of events or in a process of development
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The project is only in its first phase of planning, so we haven’t yet established the cost.
nounA stage in a series of events or in a process of development
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The early/final/late phase the inflation rate is high, even for the early phase of an economic expa…
nounA period of strange or difficult behaviour that will stop after a while, especially a period that a young child or person goes through
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When i was in my early teens i went through a phase of only ever wearing black.
nounThe phases of the moon are the regular changes in its shape as it appears to us on earth.
verbTo introduce something in stages over a particular period of time
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The reduction in armed forces will be phased over the next ten years.
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Word origin
early 19th century (in phase (sense 2 of the noun)): from French phase, based on Greek phasis ‘appearance’, from the base of phainein ‘to show’.
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