'Phrasing' definitions:
Definition of 'phrasing'
(from WordNet)
noun
The grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line
noun
The manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage]
Definition of 'Phrasing'
From: GCIDE
- Phrasing \Phras"ing\, n.
- 1. Method of expression; association of words. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mus.) The act or method of grouping the notes so as to form distinct musical phrases. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Phrasing'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'phrasing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adaptation,
- arrangement,
- choice of words,
- composition,
- dialect,
- diction,
- expression,
- formulation,
- grammar,
- harmonization,
- idiom,
- instrumentation,
- intonation,
- language,
- locution,
- modulation,
- orchestration,
- parlance,
- phrase,
- phraseology,
- preparation,
- resolution,
- rhetoric,
- setting,
- solution,
- speech,
- suspension,
- talk,
- tone painting,
- transcription,
- usage,
- use of words,
- usus loquendi,
- verbalism,
- verbiage,
- wordage,
- wording