descriptive phrase
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descriptive
adjective
uk/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪv/us/dɪˈskrɪp.t̬ɪv/
describing something, especially in a detailed, ...
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phrase
noun[C]
uk/freɪz/us/freɪz/
language
a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, ...
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(Definition ofdescriptiveandphrasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Since every title is also a kind term ordescriptivephrase, it is very natural to use titles as names for different individuals in different contexts.
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I am afraid that" concentration camps" is the only right and properdescriptivephrasefor these institutions.
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But it does need to be done on grounds which fall within thedescriptivephrase"ability and aptitude".
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The process of assigning key topics and descriptive phrases to the articles is referred to as concept indexing.
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Today, thisdescriptivephraseis used industry wide to encompass instant messaging, web conferencing, and other real-time communications applications to distinguish them from store-and-forward applications such as email.
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Furthermore, these rights could be named and enumerated in formulae beginning with the word "ius" followed by adescriptivephrase, most often in the genitive case: the right of...
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I never believed that those descriptive phrases stood up to any reasonably stringent analysis.
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The sonogram is objective, unlike descriptive phrases, but proper interpretation requires experience.
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The efficacy of the "invocatio" depends on the correct naming of the deity, which may include epithets, descriptive phrases, honorifics or titles, and arcane names.
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In the meantime, the deceased persons name and words that are phonetically similar to the name are considered taboo and can only be expressed via descriptive phrases.
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Apposition is a figure of speech of the scheme type, and often results when the verbs (particularly verbs of being) in supporting clauses are eliminated to produce shorter descriptive phrases.
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For some time before this, descriptive phrases such as our present, and only publicly authorized version (1783), our authorised version (1792), and the authorized version (1801, uncapitalized) are found.
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Their vocabulary had no special term to correspond with sprang, so they referred to it with descriptive phrases such as "knitting with sticks", "plaiting", and "weaving without passing through".
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