periphrasis Meaning and Definition

Urdu Meanings

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پیچیدہ کلام

paicheeda kalaam

ہیر پھیر کی بات چیت

hayr phair ki baat cheet

View English Meanings of: paicheedakalaamhayrphairkibaatcheet

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English definition for periphrasis

1. n. a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

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In linguistics, periphrasis is a device by which grammatical meaning is expressed by one or more free morphemes (typically one or more function words accompanying a content word), instead of by inflectional affixes or derivation.
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