"paraphrase" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpæɹəfɹeɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paraphrase.wav [Southern-England] Forms: paraphrases [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French paraphrase. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|paraphrase}} Middle French paraphrase Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} paraphrase (countable and uncountable, plural paraphrases)
  1. A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (restatement of a text): παράφρασις (paráphrasis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), преразказ (prerazkaz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), parafrase [feminine] (Dutch), parafrazo (Esperanto), parafraasi (Finnish), paraphrase [feminine] (French), paráfrase [feminine] (Galician), Umschreibung [feminine] (German), sinngemäße Wiedergabe [feminine] (German), παράφρασις (paráfrasis) [feminine] (Greek), פָּרַפְרָזָה (parafráza) [feminine] (Hebrew), körülírás (Hungarian), átfogalmazás (Hungarian), parafrázis (Hungarian), parafrazo (Ido), parafrasi [feminine] (Italian), paraphrasis [feminine] (Latin), പരാവർത്തനം (parāvaṟttanaṁ) (Malayalam), parafraza [feminine] (Polish), paráfrase [feminine] (Portuguese), переска́з (pereskáz) [masculine] (Russian), парафраз (parafraz) [masculine] (Russian), парафра́за (parafráza) [feminine] (Russian), paráfrasis (Spanish), açım (Turkish), açımlama (Turkish), açımlanım (Turkish), şerh [archaic] (Turkish), teşrih [archaic] (Turkish), парафра́з (parafráz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), парафра́за (parafráza) [feminine] (Ukrainian), пере́каз (perékaz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), перефразува́ння (perefrazuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-paraphrase-en-noun-dag4mfrx Disambiguation of 'restatement of a text': 97 3
  2. (Scotland) One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise. Tags: Scotland, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-paraphrase-en-noun-l4cEyfZI Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 70 25 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 74 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: paraphrastic, paraphrastical, paraphrastically Related terms: Etymology of translation, metaphrase

Verb

IPA: /ˈpæɹəfɹeɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paraphrase.wav [Southern-England] Forms: paraphrases [present, singular, third-person], paraphrasing [participle, present], paraphrased [participle, past], paraphrased [past]
Etymology: From Middle French paraphrase. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|paraphrase}} Middle French paraphrase Head templates: {{en-verb}} paraphrase (third-person singular simple present paraphrases, present participle paraphrasing, simple past and past participle paraphrased)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. To repeat a written or spoken phrase/quote using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form, or sometimes in a humorous context. Tags: intransitive, transitive Related terms: in other words, or words to that effect Translations (to compose a paraphrase): παραφράζω (paraphrázō) (Ancient Greek), سَرَدَ (sarada) (Arabic), преразказвам (prerazkazvam) (Bulgarian), парафразирам (parafraziram) (Bulgarian), 釋義 (Chinese Mandarin), 释义 (shìyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 意譯 (Chinese Mandarin), 意译 (yìyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 復述 (retell) (Chinese Mandarin), 复述 (fùshù) (Chinese Mandarin), paraphraser (French), parafrasear (Galician), umschreiben (German), paraphrasieren (German), sinngemäß wiedergeben (German), elmagyaráz (Hungarian), körülír (Hungarian), parafrazál (Hungarian), 言い換える (iikaeru) (alt: いいかえる) (Japanese), 引用 (in'yō-surú) (alt: いんようする) (Japanese), parafrasear (Portuguese), parafraza (Romanian), perifraza [rare] (Romanian), парафрази́ровать (parafrazírovatʹ) (Russian), переска́зывать (pereskázyvatʹ) (english: retell) (Russian), parafrasear (Spanish), fasili (Swahili), ถอดความ (tɔ̀ɔt-kwaam) (Thai), açımlamak (Turkish), şerh etmek [archaic] (Turkish), teşrih etmek [archaic] (Turkish), парафразува́ти (parafrazuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), перефразо́вувати (perefrazóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), перефразува́ти (perefrazuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-paraphrase-en-verb-B1L8IcfK

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
          "word": "umschreiben"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
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        {
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
          "word": "sinngemäß wiedergeben"
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          "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
          "word": "elmagyaráz"
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          "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "alt": "いいかえる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "iikaeru",
          "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
          "word": "言い換える"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "in'yō-surú",
          "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
          "word": "引用"
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          "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
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          "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "parafrazírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
          "word": "парафрази́ровать"
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          "code": "ru",
          "english": "retell",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pereskázyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
          "word": "переска́зывать"
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "sw",
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          "word": "ถอดความ"
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          "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "paráfrase"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "restatement of a text",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Umschreibung"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "restatement of a text",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paráfrasis",
      "sense": "restatement of a text",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "paráphrasis",
      "sense": "restatement of a text",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "parafráza",
      "sense": "restatement of a text",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "restatement of a text",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "restatement of a text",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "parafrazo"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
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      "sense": "restatement of a text",
      "word": "പരാവർത്തനം"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "restatement of a text",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
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      "word": "преразказвам"
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      "roman": "parafraziram",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "парафразирам"
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      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "釋義"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "shìyì",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "释义"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "意譯"
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      "roman": "yìyì",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "意译"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "retell",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "復述"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fùshù",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "复述"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "paraphraser"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "parafrasear"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "umschreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "paraphrasieren"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "sinngemäß wiedergeben"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "paraphrázō",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "παραφράζω"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "elmagyaráz"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "körülír"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "parafrazál"
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      "alt": "いいかえる",
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      "roman": "iikaeru",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "言い換える"
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      "alt": "いんようする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "in'yō-surú",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "引用"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "parafrasear"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "parafraza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "perifraza"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "parafrazírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "парафрази́ровать"
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "retell",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereskázyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "переска́зывать"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "parafrasear"
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      "code": "sw",
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      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "fasili"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tɔ̀ɔt-kwaam",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "ถอดความ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "açımlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "şerh etmek"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "teşrih etmek"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "parafrazuváty",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "парафразува́ти"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perefrazóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
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        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перефразо́вувати"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perefrazuváty",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "перефразува́ти"
    }
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (fc4f0c7 and c937495). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.