Phrase
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A short written or spoken expression. A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words. A small section of music in a larger piece.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To perform a passage with the correct phrasing. To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of words. To divide into melodic phrases.
Example sentence: 'Creative director' is a catchall phrase for giving ideas. To me, it obviously means more than that. It's like being a counselor.
Articulate
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: clear, effectiveespecially, speaking in a clear or effective mannerable to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make clear or effective.To speak clearly; to enunciate.To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.to form a joint or connect by joints
Example sentence: I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth, the good life lived in a small, various, highly articulate and democratic society.