"rephrase" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-us-rephrase.ogg [US] Forms: rephrases [present, singular, third-person], rephrasing [participle, present], rephrased [participle, past], rephrased [past]
Rhymes: -eɪz Etymology: re- + phrase Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|phrase}} re- + phrase Head templates: {{en-verb}} rephrase (third-person singular simple present rephrases, present participle rephrasing, simple past and past participle rephrased)
  1. To say or write something with different wording. Synonyms: restate, reword Translations (find a different way to say something): перифразирам (perifraziram) (Bulgarian), herformuleren (Dutch), muotoilla uudelleen (Finnish), ilmaista toisin sanoin (Finnish), reformuler (French), umformulieren (German), αναδιατυπώνω (anadiatypóno) (Greek), umorða (Icelandic), przeformułowywać [imperfective] (Polish), przeformułować [perfective] (Polish), перефразировать (perefrazirovatʹ) (Russian), переформулировать (pereformulirovatʹ) (Russian), пересказать (pereskazatʹ) (Russian), reformular (Spanish), reelaborar (Spanish), reescribir (Spanish), omformulera (Swedish), перефразо́вувати (perefrazóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), перефразува́ти (perefrazuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "muotoilla uudelleen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "ilmaista toisin sanoin"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "reformuler"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "umformulieren"
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      "lang": "Greek",
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      "word": "перефразировать"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereformulirovatʹ",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "переформулировать"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereskazatʹ",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "пересказать"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "reformular"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
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      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "omformulera"
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      "roman": "perefrazóvuvaty",
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      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
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