Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subphrase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-phrase
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phrase making up part of a larger phrase.

Example Sentences

"Unsupervised methods for identifying "phrases", mining subphrase structure and finding words in a fully automated way are described."

Etymology

From sub- + phrase.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Inflected Forms

subphrases (plural)

Questions

What does subphrase mean?: A phrase making up part of a larger phrase.
Where does subphrase come from?: From sub- + phrase.

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