phrasal
English
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Etymology
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editAdjective
editphrasal (comparative more phrasal, superlative most phrasal)
- Relating to, or used in the manner of, a phrase.
- (grammar) Consisting of multiple words, but behaving as a single part of speech.
- phrasal preposition
Derived terms
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editbeing a phrase
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relating to a phrase
Noun
editphrasal (plural phrasals)
- (grammar) A grammatical construct that consists of multiple words, but behaves as a single part of speech.
- 1985, Dan Isaac Slobin, The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition, page 105:
- Furthermore, children demonstrated that they understood the mapping by elaborating phrasals to sententials, and reducing sententials to phrasals when imitating.
- A phrasal verb.