phrased
SayFRAYZD/fɹeɪzd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of phrase.
The lawyer phrased the clause to avoid any ambiguity.
The request was carefully phrased so that it sounded polite rather than demanding.
Note
One spelling does two jobs: the simple past (she phrased it bluntly) and the past participle, which follows have in the perfect or a form of be in the passive. The participle often works like an adjective after an adverb, as in a carefully phrased request. It also carries the musical senses: a passage can be phrased, meaning performed with a particular shaping of its lines.
phrased is a form of phrase
phrase, verb: To express a thought, action, or idea by choosing particular words. Full entry
- Spelling
- phrase → phrased: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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