Meaning paraphrase
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paraphrasec. 1600, from paraphrase (n.) or from French paraphraser. Related: Paraphrased; paraphrasing.
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paraphrase1540s, from Middle French paraphrase (1520s), from Latin paraphrasis "a paraphrase," from Greek paraphrasis "a free rendering," from paraphrazein "to tell in other words," [..]
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paraphrase/ˈperəˌfreɪz/ verb paraphrases; paraphrased; paraphrasing 1 paraphrase /ˈperəˌfreɪz/ verb paraphrases; paraphrased; paraphrasing Learner's definition of PARAPHRASE : to say (something that so [..]
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paraphraseA brief restatement in one's own words of all or part of a literary or critical work, as opposed to quotation, in which one reproduces all or part of a literary or critical work word-for-word, ex [..]
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paraphrasev. Translate freely.
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paraphrase???
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paraphrase A prose restatement of the central ideas of a poem, in your own language.
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paraphraseTo use the ideas or words of another person, but stating them in your own words.
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paraphraseverb. to express the connotation of a text or statement in varied terms, frequently for the sake of brevity or clarity.
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paraphraseFrom the Greek para ("beyond") and phrasis ("to tell"). A rewording of the thought expressed in a previously spoken statement or written work, usually to make the meaning clearer b [..]
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paraphraseA summary of a person’s words given instead of a direct quote for greater understanding by the audience. See also reported speech.
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paraphraseAn indirect quote or summary of words.
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paraphrasean indirect quote or summary of the words the news maker said
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paraphraseA paraphrase digests, condenses and clarifies a quotation to convey the meaning more precisely or succinctly than the way in which the speaker's words express it. Quotation marks are eliminated.
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paraphrase(n) rewording for the purpose of clarification(v) express the same message in different words
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paraphraseThe practice by Renaissance composers of embellishing or elaborating a cantus firmus in polyphonic vocal works.
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paraphraseAn alternative way of communicating a similar message.
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paraphraseTo restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
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paraphrase
A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning.
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paraphrase (restatement of a text in different words)
artistic variation of a melody
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