[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Grammar.a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.(in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.", "a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.", "(in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.", "Rhetoric.a word or group of spoken words that the mind focuses on momentarily as a meaningful unit and is preceded and followed by pauses.", "a characteristic, current, or proverbial expression:a hackneyed phrase.", "Music.a division of a composition, commonly a passage of four or eight measures, forming part of a period.", "a way of speaking, mode of expression, or phraseology:a book written in the phrase of the West.", "a brief utterance or remark:In a phrase, he's a dishonest man.", "Dance.a sequence of motions making up part of a choreographic pattern."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to express or word in a particular way:to phrase an apology well.", "to express in words:to phrase one's thoughts.", "Music.to mark off or bring out the phrases of (a piece), especially in execution.to group (notes) into a phrase.", "to mark off or bring out the phrases of (a piece), especially in execution.", "to group (notes) into a phrase."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["Music.to perform a passage or piece with proper phrasing."]}]