Phraseology - English meaning

noun

The jargon or slang of a particular group or class.

Usage examples:

Teenage argot

noun

Words and expressions that are used by small groups of people and that are not easily understood by other people

Usage examples:

Thieves' argot

noun

Hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature.

Usage examples:

He had no time for the cant of the priests about sin

verb

Talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something.

Usage examples:

If they'd stop canting about ‘honest work’ they might get somewhere

noun

A slope or tilt.

Usage examples:

The outward cant of the curving walls

noun

A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.

Usage examples:

The lancashire dialect seemed like a foreign language

noun

A form of a language that is spoken in a particular part of a country or by a particular group of people and that contains some words, grammar, or pronunciations (= the ways in which words are said) that are different from the forms used in other parts or by other groups

noun

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

Usage examples:

Wordsworth campaigned against exaggerated poetic diction

noun

The manner in which words are pronounced

noun

A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g. over the moon, see the light ).

noun

A group of words whose meaning considered as a unit is different from the meanings of each word considered separately

Usage examples:

Mastering the use of idioms can be hard for a learner., “shoot yourself in the foot” is an idiom th…

noun

Special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.

Usage examples:

Legal jargon

noun

A translucent, colourless, or smoky gem variety of zircon.

Usage examples:

Rings set with jargons and pearls

noun

Words and phrases used by particular groups of people, esp. in their work, that are not generally understood

Usage examples:

Technical jargon, legal/computer jargon

noun

The principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture.

Usage examples:

A study of the way children learn language

noun

A system of communication by speaking, writing, or making signs in a way that can be understood, or any of the different systems of communication used in particular regions

Usage examples:

[ c ] the english language, [ c ] american sign language, [ c ] he speaks six foreign languages., […

noun

The method of human communication that uses speaking and writing, or the system of communication in speaking and writing that is used by the people of a particular country

Usage examples:

Learn/understand a language it's easier to learn a language when you're younger., speak/use a langu…

noun

An adult male human being.

Usage examples:

A tall man with a beard

verb

(of personnel) work at, run, or operate (a place or piece of equipment) or defend (a fortification).

Usage examples:

The helpline is manned by trained staff

exclamation

Used, irrespective of the sex of the person addressed, to express surprise, admiration, delight, etc., or for emphasis.

Usage examples:

Wow, like cosmic, man

noun

A particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest.

Usage examples:

Dated terms that were once in common parlance

noun

The dialect of a particular region, especially one with low status in relation to the standard language of the country.

Usage examples:

The nurse talked to me in a patois that even italians would have had difficulty in understanding

verb

Make a repeated light tapping sound.

Usage examples:

A flurry of rain pattered against the window

noun

A repeated light tapping.

Usage examples:

The plashing patter of steady rain

verb

Talk at length without saying anything significant.

Usage examples:

She pattered on incessantly

noun

The way in which something is expressed or put into words.

Usage examples:

The phrasing of the question is odd

verb

Put into a particular form of words.

Usage examples:

It's important to phrase the question correctly

noun

The choice of words used to express something

Usage examples:

The phrasing of the contract is ambiguous., her phrasing, as ever, is faultless.

noun

A particular procedure by which something is done; a manner or way.

Usage examples:

Different styles of management

verb

Archaic term for stylus (sense 2).

suffix

(forming adjectives and adverbs) in a manner characteristic of.

Usage examples:

Family-style

noun

The body of terms used with a particular technical application in a subject of study, profession, etc.

Usage examples:

The terminology of semiotics

noun

Special words or expressions used in relation to a particular subject or activity

Usage examples:

Sports terminology, scientific terminology

noun

The action of using something or the fact of being used.

Usage examples:

A survey of water usage

noun

The way in which words are used by the people who speak and write a particular language, or an example of such use

Usage examples:

[ c ] we use african-american, which is the current preferred usage., the study tracks credit card …

noun

The process of using something

Usage examples:

The software allows marketers to track the usage patterns of each customer., the plan offers unlimi…

noun

The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.

Usage examples:

He wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience

adjective

(of language) spoken as one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language.

Usage examples:

Instead it will become regarded historically as a document that knowingly accelerated the demise of…

noun

The form of a language commonly spoken by the people of a particular region or by a particular group, esp. when it is different from the standard language

Usage examples:

[ u ] much of his poetry derives from the american pop vernacular., a vernacular expression

noun

The body of words used in a particular language.

Usage examples:

A comparison of the vocabularies of different languages

noun

All the words used by a particular person, or all the words that exist in a particular language or subject

Usage examples:

[ c ] reading helps to improve your vocabulary.

noun

The words used to express something; the way in which something is expressed.

Usage examples:

The standard form of wording for a consent letter

verb

Express (something spoken or written) in particular words.

Usage examples:

He words his request in a particularly ironic way

noun

The exact choice of words

Usage examples:

The wording of the agreement was too vague.

noun

A single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing, used with others (or sometimes alone) to form a sentence and typically shown with a space on either side when written or printed.

Usage examples:

I don't like the word ‘unofficial’

verb

Express (something spoken or written) in particular words.

Usage examples:

He words his request in a particularly ironic way

exclamation

Used to express agreement or affirmation.

Usage examples:

Word, that's a good record, man