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phrasal

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪzəl/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English phrase Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English phrasal From phrase + -al.

  1. Relating to, or used in the manner of, a phrase.
  2. Consisting of multiple words, but behaving as a single part of speech.

    phrasal preposition

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English phrase Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English phrasal From phrase + -al.

  1. 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.

  2. A grammatical construct that consists of multiple words, but behaves as a single part of speech.