phase
verb/feɪz/
/feɪz/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they phase | /feɪz/ /feɪz/ |
| he / she / it phases | /ˈfeɪzɪz/ /ˈfeɪzɪz/ |
| past simple phased | /feɪzd/ /feɪzd/ |
| past participle phased | /feɪzd/ /feɪzd/ |
| -ing form phasing | /ˈfeɪzɪŋ/ /ˈfeɪzɪŋ/ |
- to arrange to do something in stages over a period of time
- be phased Closure of the hospitals was phased over a three-year period.
- the phased withdrawal of troops from the area
Word Originearly 19th cent. (in sense (2)): from French phase, based on Greek phasis ‘appearance’, from the base of phainein ‘to show’.Want to learn more?
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