how to pronounce periphrasis
/pəˈɹɪfɹəsɪs/
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periphrasis is pronounced in four syllables
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meanings of periphrasis
noun:
- The use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it.
- Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking.
- The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".
- The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a species of circumlocution).
periphrasis frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word periphrasis occurs in english on average 0 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics periphrasis can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that periphrasis can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
2) people, society, and culture;
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