dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/phr_MWT.json
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{
"phrasing":{
"an act, process, or means of putting something into words":{
"examples":[
"research has shown that the phrasing of the question on certain hot-button issues greatly influences the response"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulation",
"expression",
"formulation",
"statement",
"utterance",
"verbalism",
"voice",
"wording"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlet",
"vent",
"observation",
"reflection",
"remark",
"thought",
"speech",
"tongue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which something is put into words":{
"examples":[
"a particularly delicate and careful phrasing of the statement regarding the nature of the couple's relationship"
],
"synonyms":[
"diction",
"language",
"phraseology",
"verbiage",
"wording"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expression",
"formulation",
"locution",
"enunciation",
"phrase",
"speech",
"style",
"utterance",
"voice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"examples":[
"he had trouble thinking of how to phrase his question for the visiting dignitary"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulating",
"clothing",
"couching",
"expressing",
"formulating",
"putting",
"saying",
"stating",
"wording"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crafting",
"framing",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"paraphrasing",
"rephrasing",
"restating",
"rewording",
"summarizing",
"translating",
"communicating",
"disclosing",
"speaking",
"talking",
"telling",
"uttering",
"verbalizing",
"vocalizing",
"describing",
"rendering",
"writing up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"phraseology":{
"a distinctive way of putting ideas into words":{
"examples":[
"I recognized the writer's distinctive phraseology even before I saw the name"
],
"synonyms":[
"fashion",
"locution",
"manner",
"mode",
"style",
"tone",
"vein"
],
"near synonyms":[
"address",
"delivery",
"elocution",
"archaism",
"colloquialism",
"regionalism",
"acceptation",
"connotation",
"denotation",
"expression",
"idiom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which something is put into words":{
"examples":[
"the unique phraseology of the suspect's answer stuck in my mind"
],
"synonyms":[
"diction",
"language",
"phrasing",
"verbiage",
"wording"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expression",
"formulation",
"locution",
"enunciation",
"phrase",
"speech",
"style",
"utterance",
"voice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}