عبر

عِبَارَةٌ ذ Speech that passes from the tongue of the speaker to the ear of the hearer. (TA.) ― -b2- [And hence, A passage in a book or writing. ] ― -b3- [Hence also,] A word, an expression, or a phrase. (Kull p. 60.) ― -b4- And [ An explanation, or interpretation; ] a subst. from عَبَّرَ عَنْهُ; as also ↓ عَبَارَةٌ, (L, K, TA, [the former only in the CK,]) and ↓ عَبْرَةٌ or ↓ عِبْرَةٌ, accord. to different copies of the K. (TA.) You say, هُوَ حَسَنُ العِبَارَةِ, and, accord. to the M, ↓ العَبَارَةِ also, i. e. He has a good faculty of explaining, or of diction, or of speaking perspicuously. (Msb.) [And هٰذَا عِبَارَةٌ عَنْ كَذَا This is a word, or an expression, or a phrase, for, or denoting, such a thing; lit., an explanation of such a thing. ] -A2- Also A thing that is made a condition: or a thing that is made account of, or esteemed, or regarded as being of importance. (Msb.)