Hypertext Webster Gateway: "phrasing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Phrasing \Phras"ing\, n.
1. Method of expression; association of words.

2. (Mus.) The act or method of grouping the notes so as to
form distinct musical phrases.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Phrase \Phrase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Phrased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Phrasing}.] [Cf. F. phraser.]
To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style.
``These suns -- for so they phrase 'em.'' --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

phrasing
n 1: the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line
2: the manner in which something is expressed in words: "use
concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: {wording}, {diction},
{phraseology}, {choice of words}, {verbiage}]


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