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phraseology


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phraseology  \Phra`se*ol"o*gy\,  n.  [Gr.  ?,  ?,  phrase  +  -logy:  cf 
  F.  phras['e]ologie.] 
  1.  Manner  of  expression;  peculiarity  of  diction;  style. 
 
  Most  completely  national  in  his  .  .  .  phraseology. 
  --I.  Taylor. 
 
  2.  A  collection  of  phrases;  a  phrase  book.  [R.] 
 
  Syn:  Diction;  style.  See  {Diction}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  phraseology 
  n  :  the  manner  in  which  something  is  expressed  in  words:  "use 
  concise  military  verbiage"-  G.S.Patton  [syn:  {wording},  {diction}, 
  {phrasing},  {choice  of  words},  {verbiage}] 




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