the manner in which words or phrases are used a set of phrases used by a particular group of people
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phra•se•ol•o•gy /ˌfreɪziˈɑlədʒi/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- manner or style of verbal expression:legal phraseology.
phra•se•ol•o•gy
(frā′zē ol′ə jē),USA pronunciation n.
phra•se•o•log•i•cal
(frā′zē ə loj′i kəl),USA pronunciation phra′se•o•log′ic, adj.
phra′se•o•log′i•cal•ly, adv.
- manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language:legal phraseology.
- expressions;
phrases:obscure phraseology.
- NGk phraseología (erroneously for *phrasiología), coined by German humanist Michael Neander (1525–95); see phrase, -o-, -logy
- 1655–65
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See diction.
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'phraseology' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-logy
- Johnsonese
- agreement
- cant
- conventional
- diction
- expression
- language
- locution
- phrase
- phraseologist
- phrasing
- quibble