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REPHRASING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Changing a particular word or phrase
Synonyms:
recasting; rephrasing; rewording
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rephrasing" is a kind of...):
revising; rewriting (editing that involves writing something again)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rephrasing"):
paraphrase; paraphrasis (rewording for the purpose of clarification)
Derivation:
rephrase (express the same message in different words)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb rephrase