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PARAPHRASE
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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)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they paraphrase ... he / she / it paraphrases
Past simple: paraphrased
Past participle: paraphrased
-ing form: paraphrasing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Express the same message in different words
Synonyms:
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)
