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REWORD
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they reword ... he / she / it rewords
Past simple: reworded
-ing form: rewording
Sense 1
Meaning:
Express the same message in different words
Synonyms:
paraphrase; rephrase; reword
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "reword" 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 "reword"):
translate (express, as in simple and less technical language)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
rewording (changing a particular word or phrase)