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phase

Definition

  • noun: a part or step in a process
  • noun: a particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes
  • verb: to adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition
  • used in the phrases 'in phase' or 'out of phase'
  • synonyms: faze, disconcert, nonplus

Examples

  • She's going through a punk 'phase' right now. [=she likes punk music and fashion at this point in her life]

  • The sound on this movie is 'out of phase'. [=the sound does not match the images of the movie]

  • He seems to be 'out of phase' [=('US') 'out of step'] with the rest of the team.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) the entrance to the Tomb Of The Dancing Light, where the first half of the triangle is hidden. You must be there at the exact moment of the second phase of the planetary alignment. You must hurry, you have very little time. As the planets move into alignment, the world will be in great danger, (..)
    2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider