phrase meaning
EN
[fɹeɪz] [-eɪz] 
US WPhrase
- In everyday speech, a phrase may be any group of words, often carrying a special idiomatic meaning; in this sense it is roughly synonymous with expression.
FR phrase 
- NounPLphrasesSUF-ase
- A short written or spoken expression.
- (grammar) 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.
- Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?
- (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
- (archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
- A short written or spoken expression.
- VerbSGphrasesPRphrasingPT, PPphrased
- (intransitive, music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
- (transitive, music) To divide into melodic phrases.
- (transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of words.
- (intransitive, music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- They're experts in negativity thinking. “I can't,” “It won't,” “I'll never” are common phrases you'll often hear from a victim.
- A noun phrase is overspecified when it is used in a context where a pronoun would have been unambiguous.
- The tall, elegant Mr. Burnett unfurled his limbs in the precise yet fluid phrasing employed by voguers.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of phrase in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "phrase" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.