Phrase
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A phrase (/freɪz/) is [better definition needed]. It acts as a single grammatical unit in a sentence.
A single-word phrase consists of a single word, whereas a multi-word phrase consists of multiple words.
A phrase has a head which determines its syntactic properties. Hence noun phrase, adjective phrase, adverb phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, wh- phrase. And finally, adverbial.