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In linguistics, periphrasis (/pəˈrɪfrəsɪs/) is the use of more than one word to express meaning that otherwise may be expressed by attaching an affix or clitic to a single word. The resulting phrase includes two or more collocated words instead of one inflected word.
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periphrastic english meaning languages forms verb israeli words lit look one word catena across catenae examples inflected verbs following express
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Periphrasis | is a | characteristic of synthetic languages | 0.90 | text |
| Periphrasis | is a | characteristic of analytic languages | 0.90 | text |
| Periphrasis | related to Catenae | The | 0.60 | section |
| Periphrasis | related to Catenae | Individual | 0.60 | section |
| Periphrasis | related to Catenae | Given | 0.60 | section |
| Periphrasis | related to Catenae | An | 0.60 | section |
| Periphrasis | related to Catenae | French | 0.60 | section |
| Periphrasis | related to Catenae | English | 0.60 | section |
| Periphrasis | related to Catenae | Future | 0.60 | section |
| Periphrasis | related to English vs. Latin | Such | 0.60 | section |
| Periphrasis | related to English vs. Latin | The | 0.60 | section |
| Periphrasis | related to English vs. Latin | Latin | 0.60 | section |
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