A phrase is a group of words that stand together as a single grammatical unit, typically as part of another phrase, a clause, or a sentence. For example: Our vicar played football before he came here. ("Our vicar" is a phrase. It is functioning as a noun.) She eats eggs in the morning.

In English grammar, a phrase is a group of two or more words functioning as a meaningful unit within a sentence or clause. A phrase is commonly characterized as a grammatical unit at a level between a word and a clause.

A phrase is any group of words that does not contain a subject completing an action. When a group of words contains a subject doing an action (subject-verb), it becomes a clause. Phrases can be added to sentences to make them more complex.

Phrases in a sentence are a group of words that act as a part of a speech but cannot stand alone in order to form a complete sentence because they do not include both a subject and a predicate.

A phrase is a group of words that work together to deliver a particular meaning, though it sometimes lacks a subject, a verb or both. In other words, it’s a partial sentence, just a piece of a sentence, that is less than a sentence, yet expresses a complete thought.