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phrasal

adj, noun — 4 senses

phrasal

adj

/ˈfɹeɪzəl/

Etymology From phrase + -al.

1

Relating to, or used in the manner of, a phrase.

2

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Consisting of multiple words, but behaving as a single part of speech.

  • phrasal preposition
Derived terms
interphrasal, multiphrasal, nonphrasal, phrasal adjective, phrasal adverb, phrasally, phrasal noun, phrasal preposition, phrasal prepositional verb, phrasal typology, phrasal verb

phrasal

noun

Etymology From phrase + -al.

1

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A grammatical construct that consists of multiple words, but behaves as a single part of speech.

  • Furthermore, children demonstrated that they understood the mapping by elaborating phrasals to sententials, and reducing sententials to phrasals when imitating.1985, Dan Isaac Slobin, The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition, page 105:
2

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A phrasal verb.

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