paraphrase (noun)

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• paraphrase — [ˈpærəˌfreɪz] verb [T] to express what someone else has said or written using different words in order to make it shorter or clearer paraphrase noun [C] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• paraphrase — I noun abridgment, brief, citation, condensation, description, elucidation, enucleation, equivalent meaning, explanation, explication, free translation, free wording, indirect quotation, interpretatio, interpretation, loose rendering, loose… …   Law dictionary

• paraphrase — ► VERB ▪ express the meaning of (something) using different words. ► NOUN ▪ a rewording of a passage …   English terms dictionary

• paraphrase — I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Latin paraphrasis, from Greek, from paraphrazein to paraphrase, from para + phrazein to point out Date: 1548 1. a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form 2. the use or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• paraphrase — I UK [ˈpærəˌfreɪz] / US [ˈperəˌfreɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms paraphrase : present tense I/you/we/they paraphrase he/she/it paraphrases present participle paraphrasing past tense paraphrased past participle paraphrased to express what… …   English dictionary

• paraphrase — /ˈpærəfreɪz / (say paruhfrayz) noun 1. a restatement of the sense of a text or passage, as for clearness; a free rendering or translation, as of a passage. 2. the act or process of paraphrasing. –verb (paraphrased, paraphrasing) –verb (t) 3. to… …  

• paraphrase — 1. noun a) a restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning b) a similar restatement as an educational exercise 2 …   Wiktionary

• paraphrase — par|a|phrase1 [ perə,freız ] verb transitive to express what someone else has said or written using different words, especially in order to make it shorter or clearer paraphrase par|a|phrase 2 [ perə,freız ] noun count a statement that uses… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• paraphrase — 1 verb (T) to express in a shorter or clearer way what someone has written or said: To paraphrase Finkelstein: mathematics is a language, like English. 2 noun (C) a statement that expresses in a shorter or clearer way what someone has said or… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• paraphrase — 1. verb paraphrasing literary texts Syn: reword, rephrase, put/express in other words, rewrite, gloss 2. noun this paraphrase of Frye s words Syn: rewording, rephrasing, rewriting, rewrite, rendition, rendering, gloss …   Thesaurus of popular words

• paraphrase — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rendering, restatement, switch (inf.). v. restate, alter, reword. See interpretation, imitation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. digest, restatement, explanation, translation; see interpretation 1 , summary …   English dictionary for students