Definitions of paraphrase [ˈpær əˌfreɪz]

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Definition of 'paraphrase'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) paraphrase
a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.

2. paraphrase
the act or process of restating or rewording.

3. (v.t.) paraphrase
to express in a paraphrase.

4. (v.i.) paraphrase
to make a paraphrase.

Etymology: (1540–50; < MF < L paraphrasis < Gk paráphrasis. See para -¹, phrase)

Definition of 'paraphrase'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) paraphrase, paraphrasis
rewording for the purpose of clarification

2. (verb) paraphrase, rephrase, reword
express the same message in different words

Definition of 'paraphrase'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) paraphrase
a restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; -- opposed to metaphrase

2. (verb) paraphrase
to express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language

3. (verb) paraphrase
to make a paraphrase

Translation of 'paraphrase'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to repeat, in speech or writing, in different words He paraphrased the poem in modern English.
Afrikaans: parafraseer	Arabic: يُفَسِّر بِكَلِمات أخرى	Bulgarian: парафразирам
Brazilian: parafrasear	Czech: převést (do)	German: umschreiben
Danish: genfortælle	Greek: παραφράζω	Spanish: parafrasear
Estonian: ümber sõnastama	Farsi: به بیان دیگر گفتن یا نوشت	Finnish: kertoa toisin sanoin
French: paraphraser	Hebrew: לְהַבִּיע בְּנוֹסָח אָחֶר	Hindi: भावानुवाद करना, व्याख्या
Croatian: prepričati	Hungarian: más szavakkal elmond	Indonesian: menguraikan dengan kata l
Icelandic: umorða	Italian: parafrasare	Japanese: 言い換える
Korean: (같은 뜻을 다른 표현으로) 바꾸어 말하다,	Lithuanian: parafrazuoti, atpasakoti	Latvian: parafrazēt
Malay: memparafrasakan	Dutch: parafraseren	Norwegian: omskrive, parafrasere
Polish: parafrazować	Persian: به بیان دیگر گفتن یا نوشت	Pashto: .روښانول، تشريح كول
Portuguese: parafrasear	Romanian: a parafraza	Russian: пересказывать
Slovak: parafrázovať	Slovenian: parafrazirati	Serbian: parafrazirati
Swedish: parafrasera, omskriva	Thai: ถอดความ	Turkish: açımlamak, açıklamak, gen
Taiwanese: 釋義	Ukrainian: парафразувати; переказува	Urdu: تشريح کرنا
Vietnamese: diễn giải	Chinese: 释义
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