PHRASEOLOGY
Dictionary entry overview: What does phraseology mean? • PHRASEOLOGY (noun)
The noun PHRASEOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the manner in which something is expressed in words
Familiarity information: PHRASEOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PHRASEOLOGY (noun)
Meaning:
The manner in which something is expressed in words
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
choice of words; phraseology; wording; diction; phrasing; verbiage
Context example:
use concise military verbiage
Hypernyms ("phraseology" is a kind of...):
expression; formulation (the style of expressing yourself)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phraseology"):
mot juste (the appropriate word or expression)
verbalisation; verbalization (expressing something in words)
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