According to the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary, phrase is defined as “a group of words without a finite verb, especially one that forms part of a sentence.”

According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a phrase is defined as “a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of a sentence.”

There are five main types of phrases

• Noun Phrase
• Adjective Phrase
• Adverb Phrase
• Verb Phrase
• Prepositional Phrase

Other types of phrases include:

• Gerund phrase
• Appositive phrase
• Participle phrase
• Infinitive phrase