From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishphraseologyphra‧se‧ol‧o‧gy /ˌfreɪziˈɒlədʒi $ -ˈɑː-/ noun [uncountable] SLthe way that words and phrases are chosen and used in a particular language or subject
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phraseology• It is too clear for argument that the change in phraseology was adopted understandingly and with a purpose.• Even so the most ingenious phraseology could not truly reconcile the many disparate concerns of the allies.• The children dressed up for mock scenarios which the police experience daily and learnt about legal phraseology.• Each language has its own phraseology, its own idiom which rules out many options that are potentially available as grammatical sequences.• Simple phraseology throughout makes the work easily accessible.• the standard phraseology of air traffic controllers• He used that phraseology over and over again.• Cathal Goulding was generally in favour but agreed that some of the phraseology could be altered.