opening phrase
collocation in Englishmeaningsofopeningandphrase
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opening
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈəʊ.pən.ɪŋ/us/ˈoʊp.nɪŋ/
happening at the beginning of an event ...
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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 ofopeningandphrasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The opening phrases' serrated profile thematises awkward melodic disjunctures.
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Balancing the movement's opening phrases as it recalls principal-theme material, it forms an integral part of the design.
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The opening phrases of this rubric were subjected to some compression, inconsequential for present purposes, but the final clause considered here remained unaltered.
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The closing phrase serves a similar purpose as theopeningphrase, only now in reverse order.
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The progressive quality continues until, at its most passionate moment, rich and -owing, this variant resolves on to a grand restatement of theopeningphrase.
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More by luck than good judgement, this amendment did not cause consecutives with theopeningphrase(vii), it being more than four bars distant.
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But when the great man rose to his feet, he dashed the hopes of his friends with theopeningphraseof his speech.
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I return to myopeningphrasein moving the amendment.
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I never said a single word which would justify theopeningphraseused in her question.
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I have seldom if ever heard a speech which more lived up to itsopeningphraseand its peroration.
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I would like to call attention to hisopeningphrase.
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Another medieval innovation had the solo cantor sing the opening words of responsorial chants, with the full chorus finishing the end of theopeningphrase.
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Theopeningphraseof the first theme appears throughout, joined (bar 345) by the rhythmic motive from the beginning.
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Theopeningphraserecurs as a sort of ritornello in "diminution" in bar 34.
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In theopeningphrase, the violin sets the tone with a haunting melody.
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Theopeningphrasewas meant as a non-exclusive exampleone of many reasons for the amendment.
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Under both of the collective right models, theopeningphrasewas considered essential as a pre-condition for the main clause.
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