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phrasal

adj
/ˈfɹeɪzəl/

Etymology

From phrase + -al.

  1. derived from φράσις
  2. borrowed from phrasis
  3. suffixed as phrasal — “phrase + al”

Definitions

  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

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

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at phrasal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at phrasal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at phrasal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA