periphrasis

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".
 * 2)  Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking.
 * Language learners sometimes use periphrases like "did go" where a native speaker would use "went".
 * Native speakers use periphrases like "did not go" where a language learner might use "went not".
 * 1)  The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution).
 * 2)  The use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it.
 * 1)  The use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it.
 * 1)  The use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it.

Synonyms

 * beating around the bush

Translations

 * Asturian: perífrasis
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 * Galician: perífrase
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 * Italian:
 * Kazakh: перифраза, бүкпе сөз
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 * Russian: ,
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 * Swedish: