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phase
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- pronunciation:
- feIz
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noun |
| definition 1: |
If a child goes through a phase, they might act in a certain way for a while and then they don't act that way anymore. A phase is a certain period during a process of growth or development. Living things go through different phases as they grow. They have, need, or do certain things for a while, and then they don't have, need, or do them anymore.
When I was little, I went through a phase when I said "no" to people all the time.After frogs are born, they go through a phase in which they are called "tadpoles." During the tadpole phase, frogs have tails. At the end of the tadpole phase, frogs have four legs and no tail.- synonyms:
- stage
- similar words:
- degree, period, point, step, time
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| definition 2: |
When we see the moon in the sky at night, sometimes it looks completely white and round, but sometimes we can hardly see it at all. This is because the moon goes through different phases during every month. With each phase, we see more or less of the moon in the sky. When the moon looks completely white and round, we call it a "full moon." A full moon is just one of the moon's phases.
During the "new moon" phase, the moon is very dark and difficult to see, but as the nights go by, we see more and more of the moon until we get a full moon. After the full moon phase, the moon starts to look smaller again on each night until it returns to the new moon phase.- similar words:
- appearance, aspect, figure, form, look, shape, stage
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