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Meaning phrase meaning
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Conjugation phrase conjugation
How do you conjugate phrase?
phrase · verb
Present I phrase
Positive I phrase
Singular
1st person I phrase
2nd person you phrase
3rd person he/she/it phrases
Plural
1st person we phrase
2nd person you phrase
3rd person they phrase
Negative I don't phrase
Singular
1st person I don't phrase I do not phrase
2nd person you don't phrase you do not phrase
3rd person he/she/it doesn't phrase he/she/it does not phrase
Plural
1st person we don't phrase we do not phrase
2nd person you don't phrase you do not phrase
3rd person they don't phrase they do not phrase
Question do I phrase?
Singular
1st person do I phrase?
2nd person do you phrase?
3rd person does he/she/it phrase?
Plural
1st person do we phrase?
2nd person do you phrase?
3rd person do they phrase?
Negative question don't I phrase?
Singular
1st person don't I phrase? do I not phrase?
2nd person don't you phrase? do you not phrase?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it phrase? does he/she/it not phrase?
Plural
1st person don't we phrase? do we not phrase?
2nd person don't you phrase? do you not phrase?
3rd person don't they phrase? do they not phrase?
Past I phrased
Positive I phrased
Singular
1st person I phrased
2nd person you phrased
3rd person he/she/it phrased
Plural
1st person we phrased
2nd person you phrased
3rd person they phrased
Negative I didn't phrase
Singular
1st person I didn't phrase I did not phrase
2nd person you didn't phrase you did not phrase
3rd person he/she/it didn't phrase he/she/it did not phrase
Plural
1st person we didn't phrase we did not phrase
2nd person you didn't phrase you did not phrase
3rd person they didn't phrase they did not phrase
Question did I phrase?
Singular
1st person did I phrase?
2nd person did you phrase?
3rd person did he/she/it phrase?
Plural
1st person did we phrase?
2nd person did you phrase?
3rd person did they phrase?
Negative question didn't I phrase?
Singular
1st person didn't I phrase? did I not phrase?
2nd person didn't you phrase? did you not phrase?
3rd person didn't he/she/it phrase? did he/she/it not phrase?
Plural
1st person didn't we phrase? did we not phrase?
2nd person didn't you phrase? did you not phrase?
3rd person didn't they phrase? did they not phrase?
Future I'll phrase
Positive I'll phrase
Singular
1st person I'll phrase I will phrase
2nd person you'll phrase you will phrase
3rd person he/she/it'll phrase he/she/it will phrase
Plural
1st person we'll phrase we will phrase
2nd person you'll phrase you will phrase
3rd person they'll phrase they will phrase
Negative I won't phrase
Singular
1st person I won't phrase I will not phrase
2nd person you won't phrase you will not phrase
3rd person he/she/it won't phrase he/she/it will not phrase
Plural
1st person we won't phrase we will not phrase
2nd person you won't phrase you will not phrase
3rd person they won't phrase they will not phrase
Question will I phrase?
Singular
1st person will I phrase?
2nd person will you phrase?
3rd person will he/she/it phrase?
Plural
1st person will we phrase?
2nd person will you phrase?
3rd person will they phrase?
Negative question won't I phrase?
Singular
1st person won't I phrase? will I not phrase?
2nd person won't you phrase? will you not phrase?
3rd person won't he/she/it phrase? will he/she/it not phrase?
Plural
1st person won't we phrase? will we not phrase?
2nd person won't you phrase? will you not phrase?
3rd person won't they phrase? will they not phrase?
Conditional I'd phrase
Positive I'd phrase
Singular
1st person I'd phrase I would phrase
2nd person you'd phrase you would phrase
3rd person he/she/it'd phrase he/she/it would phrase
Plural
1st person we'd phrase we would phrase
2nd person you'd phrase you would phrase
3rd person they'd phrase they would phrase
Negative I wouldn't phrase
Singular
1st person I wouldn't phrase I would not phrase
2nd person you wouldn't phrase you would not phrase
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't phrase he/she/it would not phrase
Plural
1st person we wouldn't phrase we would not phrase
2nd person you wouldn't phrase you would not phrase
3rd person they wouldn't phrase they would not phrase
Question would I phrase?
Singular
1st person would I phrase?
2nd person would you phrase?
3rd person would he/she/it phrase?
Plural
1st person would we phrase?
2nd person would you phrase?
3rd person would they phrase?
Negative question wouldn't I phrase?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I phrase? would I not phrase?
2nd person wouldn't you phrase? would you not phrase?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it phrase? would he/she/it not phrase?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we phrase? would we not phrase?
2nd person wouldn't you phrase? would you not phrase?
3rd person wouldn't they phrase? would they not phrase?
Present continuous I'm phrasing
Positive I'm phrasing
Singular
1st person I'm phrasing I am phrasing
2nd person you're phrasing you are phrasing
3rd person he/she/it's phrasing he/she/it is phrasing
Plural
1st person we're phrasing we are phrasing
2nd person you're phrasing you are phrasing
3rd person they're phrasing they are phrasing
Negative I'm not phrasing
Singular
1st person I'm not phrasing I am not phrasing
2nd person you aren't phrasing you're not phrasing you are not phrasing
3rd person he/she/it isn't phrasing he/she/it's not phrasing he/she/it is not phrasing
Plural
1st person we aren't phrasing we're not phrasing we are not phrasing
2nd person you aren't phrasing you're not phrasing you are not phrasing
3rd person they aren't phrasing they're not phrasing they are not phrasing
Question am I phrasing?
Singular
1st person am I phrasing?
2nd person are you phrasing?
3rd person is he/she/it phrasing?
Plural
1st person are we phrasing?
2nd person are you phrasing?
3rd person are they phrasing?
Negative question aren't I phrasing?
Singular
1st person aren't I phrasing? am I not phrasing?
2nd person aren't you phrasing? are you not phrasing?
3rd person isn't he/she/it phrasing? is he/she/it not phrasing?
Plural
1st person aren't we phrasing? are we not phrasing?
2nd person aren't you phrasing? are you not phrasing?
3rd person aren't they phrasing? are they not phrasing?
Past continuous I was phrasing
Positive I was phrasing
Singular
1st person I was phrasing
2nd person you were phrasing
3rd person he/she/it was phrasing
Plural
1st person we were phrasing
2nd person you were phrasing
3rd person they were phrasing
Negative I wasn't phrasing
Singular
1st person I wasn't phrasing I was not phrasing
2nd person you weren't phrasing you were not phrasing
3rd person he/she/it wasn't phrasing he/she/it was not phrasing
Plural
1st person we weren't phrasing we were not phrasing
2nd person you weren't phrasing you were not phrasing
3rd person they weren't phrasing they were not phrasing
Question was I phrasing?
Singular
1st person was I phrasing?
2nd person were you phrasing?
3rd person was he/she/it phrasing?
Plural
1st person were we phrasing?
2nd person were you phrasing?
3rd person were they phrasing?
Negative question wasn't I phrasing?
Singular
1st person wasn't I phrasing? was I not phrasing?
2nd person weren't you phrasing? were you not phrasing?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it phrasing? was he/she/it not phrasing?
Plural
1st person weren't we phrasing? were we not phrasing?
2nd person weren't you phrasing? were you not phrasing?
3rd person weren't they phrasing? were they not phrasing?
Future continuous I'll be phrasing
Positive I'll be phrasing
Singular
1st person I'll be phrasing I will be phrasing
2nd person you'll be phrasing you will be phrasing
3rd person he/she/it'll be phrasing he/she/it will be phrasing
Plural
1st person we'll be phrasing we will be phrasing
2nd person you'll be phrasing you will be phrasing
3rd person they'll be phrasing they will be phrasing
Negative I won't be phrasing
Singular
1st person I won't be phrasing I will not be phrasing
2nd person you won't be phrasing you will not be phrasing
3rd person he/she/it won't be phrasing he/she/it will not be phrasing
Plural
1st person we won't be phrasing we will not be phrasing
2nd person you won't be phrasing you will not be phrasing
3rd person they won't be phrasing they will not be phrasing
Question will I be phrasing?
Singular
1st person will I be phrasing?
2nd person will you be phrasing?
3rd person will he/she/it be phrasing?
Plural
1st person will we be phrasing?
2nd person will you be phrasing?
3rd person will they be phrasing?
Negative question won't I be phrasing?
Singular
1st person won't I be phrasing? will I not be phrasing?
2nd person won't you be phrasing? will you not be phrasing?
3rd person won't he/she/it be phrasing? will he/she/it not be phrasing?
Plural
1st person won't we be phrasing? will we not be phrasing?
2nd person won't you be phrasing? will you not be phrasing?
3rd person won't they be phrasing? will they not be phrasing?
Conditional continuous I'd be phrasing
Positive I'd be phrasing
Singular
1st person I'd be phrasing I would be phrasing
2nd person you'd be phrasing you would be phrasing
3rd person he/she/it'd be phrasing he/she/it would be phrasing
Plural
1st person we'd be phrasing we would be phrasing
2nd person you'd be phrasing you would be phrasing
3rd person they'd be phrasing they would be phrasing
Negative I wouldn't be phrasing
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be phrasing I would not be phrasing
2nd person you wouldn't be phrasing you would not be phrasing
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be phrasing he/she/it would not be phrasing
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be phrasing we would not be phrasing
2nd person you wouldn't be phrasing you would not be phrasing
3rd person they wouldn't be phrasing they would not be phrasing
Question would I be phrasing?
Singular
1st person would I be phrasing?
2nd person would you be phrasing?
3rd person would he/she/it be phrasing?
Plural
1st person would we be phrasing?
2nd person would you be phrasing?
3rd person would they be phrasing?
Negative question wouldn't I be phrasing?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be phrasing? would I not be phrasing?
2nd person wouldn't you be phrasing? would you not be phrasing?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be phrasing? would he/she/it not be phrasing?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be phrasing? would we not be phrasing?
2nd person wouldn't you be phrasing? would you not be phrasing?
3rd person wouldn't they be phrasing? would they not be phrasing?
Present perfect I've phrased
Positive I've phrased
Singular
1st person I've phrased I have phrased
2nd person you've phrased you have phrased
3rd person he/she/it's phrased he/she/it has phrased
Plural
1st person we've phrased we have phrased
2nd person you've phrased you have phrased
3rd person they've phrased they have phrased
Negative I haven't phrased
Singular
1st person I haven't phrased I have not phrased
2nd person you haven't phrased you have not phrased
3rd person he/she/it hasn't phrased he/she/it has not phrased
Plural
1st person we haven't phrased we have not phrased
2nd person you haven't phrased you have not phrased
3rd person they haven't phrased they have not phrased
Question have I phrased?
Singular
1st person have I phrased?
2nd person have you phrased?
3rd person has he/she/it phrased?
Plural
1st person have we phrased?
2nd person have you phrased?
3rd person have they phrased?
Negative question haven't I phrased?
Singular
1st person haven't I phrased? have I not phrased?
2nd person haven't you phrased? have you not phrased?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it phrased? has he/she/it not phrased?
Plural
1st person haven't we phrased? have we not phrased?
2nd person haven't you phrased? have you not phrased?
3rd person haven't they phrased? have they not phrased?
Past perfect I had phrased
Positive I had phrased
Singular
1st person I had phrased
2nd person you had phrased
3rd person he/she/it had phrased
Plural
1st person we had phrased
2nd person you had phrased
3rd person they had phrased
Negative I hadn't phrased
Singular
1st person I hadn't phrased I had not phrased
2nd person you hadn't phrased you had not phrased
3rd person he/she/it hadn't phrased he/she/it had not phrased
Plural
1st person we hadn't phrased we had not phrased
2nd person you hadn't phrased you had not phrased
3rd person they hadn't phrased they had not phrased
Question had I phrased?
Singular
1st person had I phrased?
2nd person had you phrased?
3rd person had he/she/it phrased?
Plural
1st person had we phrased?
2nd person had you phrased?
3rd person had they phrased?
Negative question hadn't I phrased?
Singular
1st person hadn't I phrased? had I not phrased?
2nd person hadn't you phrased? had you not phrased?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it phrased? had he/she/it not phrased?
Plural
1st person hadn't we phrased? had we not phrased?
2nd person hadn't you phrased? had you not phrased?
3rd person hadn't they phrased? had they not phrased?
Future perfect I'll have phrased
Positive I'll have phrased
Singular
1st person I'll have phrased I will have phrased
2nd person you'll have phrased you will have phrased
3rd person he/she/it'll have phrased he/she/it will have phrased
Plural
1st person we'll have phrased we will have phrased
2nd person you'll have phrased you will have phrased
3rd person they'll have phrased they will have phrased
Negative I won't have phrased
Singular
1st person I won't have phrased I will not have phrased
2nd person you won't have phrased you will not have phrased
3rd person he/she/it won't have phrased he/she/it will not have phrased
Plural
1st person we won't have phrased we will not have phrased
2nd person you won't have phrased you will not have phrased
3rd person they won't have phrased they will not have phrased
Question +'ll I have phrased?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have phrased? will I have phrased?
2nd person +'ll you have phrased? will you have phrased?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have phrased? will he/she/it have phrased?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have phrased? will we have phrased?
2nd person +'ll you have phrased? will you have phrased?
3rd person +'ll they have phrased? will they have phrased?
Negative question won't I have phrased?
Singular
1st person won't I have phrased? will I not have phrased?
2nd person won't you have phrased? will you not have phrased?
3rd person won't he/she/it have phrased? will he/she/it not have phrased?
Plural
1st person won't we have phrased? will we not have phrased?
2nd person won't you have phrased? will you not have phrased?
3rd person won't they have phrased? will they not have phrased?
Conditional perfect I'd have phrased
Positive I'd have phrased
Singular
1st person I'd have phrased I would have phrased
2nd person you'd have phrased you would have phrased
3rd person he/she/it'd have phrased he/she/it would have phrased
Plural
1st person we'd have phrased we would have phrased
2nd person you'd have phrased you would have phrased
3rd person they'd have phrased they would have phrased
Negative I wouldn't have phrased
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have phrased I would not have phrased
2nd person you wouldn't have phrased you would not have phrased
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have phrased he/she/it would not have phrased
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have phrased we would not have phrased
2nd person you wouldn't have phrased you would not have phrased
3rd person they wouldn't have phrased they would not have phrased
Question would I have phrased?
Singular
1st person would I have phrased?
2nd person would you have phrased?
3rd person would he/she/it have phrased?
Plural
1st person would we have phrased?
2nd person would you have phrased?
3rd person would they have phrased?
Negative question wouldn't I have phrased?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have phrased? would I not have phrased?
2nd person wouldn't you have phrased? would you not have phrased?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have phrased? would he/she/it not have phrased?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have phrased? would we not have phrased?
2nd person wouldn't you have phrased? would you not have phrased?
3rd person wouldn't they have phrased? would they not have phrased?
Imperative phrase!
Positive
you phrase!
we let's phrase!
Negative
you don't phrase!
we let's not phrase!
Examples phrase examples
How do I use phrase in a sentence?
Simple sentences
This phrase will be translated.
You know the phrase, we reap what we sow. I have sown the wind and this is my storm.
The phrase is meant to insult people.
How is this phrase to be interpreted?
What is the meaning of this phrase?
You can omit the preposition in this phrase.
I wonder what this phrase means.
Look up the phrase in your dictionary.
He explained the literal meaning of the phrase.
What's the meaning of this phrase?
Ph.D. is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase - philosophiae doctoratum.
She explained the literal meaning of the phrase.
The Greeks invented the comma, not for their literature but for their actors, to warn them to take a deep breath in preparation of an upcoming long phrase; thus a comma represents a pause.
Can you phrase your answer in an understandable manner?
Of course this phrase is only used by older people.
There's no need to try to translate a phrase word-for-word.
You could have omitted that last phrase in your letter.
That's a very common phrase where I come from.
This phrase should only be used colloquially, never in a formal setting.
Movie subtitles
Excuse me, sir, but what exactly does that phrase mean?
That's the phrase I've been searching for all evening.
I seem to have heard that phrase before.
I could never phrase anything in person as beautifully as I have in this note.
There are 100 ways of approaching it. but I feel it can best be said in one simple phrase.
They'd phrase it more delicately.
To quote an old Latin phrase.
You must meet my mother. She'd like that phrase.
In a manner so serious as this, we must make sure. of every point, explore every avenue, and, in fact, if I may coin a phrase, leave no stone unturned.
A pretty phrase, milady.
She is, to coin a phrase, very often uncertain and coy and hard to please.
It's a standard phrase.
What gift for a phrase you have!
There are only 8 little letters in this phrase, you will find, but they mean a lot more than all the other words combined.
That's just a catch phrase, sentimental nonsense.
I will, with this simple phrase, induce diverse feelings inside you.
Let me phrase it more delicately.
I think that is the American phrase.
They call us drunkards and, with swinish phrase, soil our reputation.
That's an ill phrase, a vile phrase.
Latin, I suppose. You must meet my mother. She'd like that phrase.
And in fact, if I may coin a phrase, leave no stone unturned.
I wonder who ever thought up that little phrase. I know one thing.
Did you read that phrase somewhere?
So he knows a phrase or two.
Did you hear that phrase? I hear myself saying things like that.
You were saying, sir, that this phrase is a poem.
He wrote the phrase you have in your hand.
In one phrase you sum up the whole tragedy of desire!
I hoped he'd phrase it something like that.
You should avoid that phrase.
News and current affairs
Perhaps Eban was too urbane, too much of a scholar and gentleman to be able to make it - in Disraeli's phrase - to the top of the greasy pole.
That this Arab renaissance - to use the phrase of the great Palestinian scholar George Antonius - did not take place may have been Eban's greatest disappointment.
The cartoon caught the English fancy, and created a catch-phrase still in use today, although it is usually misunderstood and misused.
To borrow a phrase from the financial world, the euro is too big to fail.
The end of ideology has been invoked so often that one hesitates to repeat the phrase.
I have often thought that cricket is really, in the sociologist Ashis Nandy's phrase, an Indian game accidentally discovered by the British.
That simple phrase neatly encapsulates Liu's peaceful 20-year-resistance to China's government, which began with a hunger strike in Tiananmen Square.
That phrase is often derided as phony and manipulative--except by those who have lived in societies where sales clerks ignore customers.
They often think this phrase highlights the central role of universities in society.
In that case hope and history would rhyme, as he put it in a celebrated phrase.
It makes little sense to declare war on a tactic, and experience has proven that the terminology merely reinforces the narrative that bin Laden seeks to promote, which is why Britain now avoids the phrase.
That phrase is on everyone's tongue nowadays.
Migration is the side of globalization that, to borrow Oscar Wilde's phrase, dare not speak its name.
The phrase has no deeper meaning.
When that phrase was inserted in the Treaty, it appeared as if the hurdles to effective European banking supervision could hardly be set higher.
By that magnificent phrase, the UN's founders meant that human rights, development, and security are mutually interdependent.
LONDON - We all remember one phrase from the first presidential campaign by a Clinton.
Indeed, she looks more like a Korean Margaret Thatcher - a lady not for turning, in Thatcher's famous phrase, and with clearly thought-through political principles animating her actions.
The nuclear crisis should be resolved through negotiations, before, in US President Barack Obama's phrase, the window closes.
Both the phrase and his lack of action make sense in the light of his (now shattered) intellectual system.