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Meanings of phrasing in English
Portuguese
dicção Catalan
verbositat The manner in which something is expressed in words.
Synonyms
Examples for "wording"
Examples for "wording"
1
The exact wording of the referendum question is yet to be decided.
2
Both houses must then agree the final wording before it becomes law.
3
He said the final decision on the wording was taken by May.
4
The current debate concerned wording within a subsection of the departmental self-study.
5
Unfortunately the wording is too ambiguous to decide one way or another.
1
They are tender in feeling, musical in verse, and pure in diction.
2
The wisdom of a million fools in the diction of a dullard.
3
The solution of this problem lies in the proper study of diction.
4
Was the mannered diction mostly down to English being her second language?
5
Thou thinkest Marie-Antoinette commanded the nobility of France with her good diction?
1
In elegant phraseology they are providences; in plain language they are milch-cows.
2
A refinement of phraseology had set in; and it served its purpose.
3
Shocking, isn't it? Crederre said, and again Veppers heard her stepmother's phraseology.
4
Her childish phraseology made Owen smile in the midst of his annoyance.
5
He knew nothing of the unheard-of intricacies in punctuation, spelling and phraseology.
1
After the verbiage of the campaign, Ms Pelosi's words carry some weight.
2
What chance has a Spanish peasant of understanding this rain of verbiage?
3
The other is an obscure but quite typical exercise in ministerial verbiage.
4
Stripped of verbiage and technicalities, the case is within the humblest comprehension.
5
Mr. MOREHEAD, of North Carolina:-Cannotwe avoid the verbiage of the amendment?
1
The choice of words was distinctive and the sentence structure more formal.
2
Her choice of words startled and embarrassed Wallander, but he said nothing.
3
Other members picked up on Mr Morrison's choice of words as well.
4
Hans shrunk a bit at Harpal's tone and unyielding choice of words.
5
But the minister's choice of words appears to have intensified the discourse.
Usage of phrasing in English
1
Yet again, sorry about the questionable phrasing there, given the subject matter.
2
I don't remember phrasing it exactly that way, but yes, that proposal.
3
And I haven't actually heard the Green Party use that phrasing, either.
4
Riemann has ideas of his own, both in the phrasing and figuration.
5
Her voice is raw and emotional, with phrasing far beyond her years.
6
Then again, just how did one go about phrasing such a question?
7
Dry-mouthed, she recalled the Whisperer's words, struggled to remember the exact phrasing.
8
The phrasing suggests that deputy ministers are dependent on cabinet for work.
9
Irina couldn't help but notice the phrasing, how the baby came first.
10
Each editor has his notion of the phrasing of the initial sixteenths.
11
For some physicians, the taping of consultations led to more careful phrasing.
12
This, allowing for some slight difference in the phrasing, is twentieth century.
13
One letter released by the FBI included the phrasing Al Qaeda back!
14
Both became known for the exquisite beauty of their voices and phrasing.
15
But I must translate inadequately, for the grammar and phrasing were Elodesque.
16
Something about the phrasing of Ava Gardner's complaint about Sinatra held her.
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