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PARAPHRASE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rewording for the purpose of clarification

Synonyms:

paraphrase; paraphrasis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("paraphrase" is a kind of...):

recasting; rephrasing; rewording (changing a particular word or phrase)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paraphrase"):

translation (rewording something in less technical terminology)

Derivation:

paraphrase (express the same message in different words)

paraphrastic (altered by paraphrasing)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Express the same message in different words

Synonyms:

paraphrase; rephrase; reword

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "paraphrase" is one way to...):

ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell (to say, state, or perform again)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "paraphrase"):

translate (express, as in simple and less technical language)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

paraphrase (rewording for the purpose of clarification)

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