"paraphrase" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpæɹəfɹeɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paraphrase.wav 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 or from memory rather than verbatim. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (restatement of a text): παράφρασις (paráphrasis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), перака́з (pjerakáz) [masculine] (Belarusian), прера́зказ (prerázkaz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), parafrase [feminine] (Dutch), parafrazo (Esperanto), parafraasi (Finnish), paraphrase [feminine] (French), paráfrase [feminine] (Galician), Umschreibung [feminine] (German), sinngemäße Wiedergabe [feminine] (German), Wiedererzählung [feminine] (German), Nacherzählung [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), парафра́за (parafráza) [feminine] (Russian), paráfrasis (Spanish), paraprase (Tagalog), açım (Turkish), açımlama (Turkish), açımlanım (Turkish), şerh [archaic] (Turkish), teşrih [archaic] (Turkish), пере́каз (perékaz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), парафра́за (parafráza) [feminine] (Ukrainian), перефразува́ння (perefrazuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (Scotland) One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise. Tags: Scotland, countable, uncountable
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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 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), преразка́звам (prerazkázvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), преразка́жа (prerazkáža) [perfective] (Bulgarian), парафрази́рам (parafrazíram) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), 釋義 /释义 (shìyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 意譯 /意译 (yìyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 復述 /复述 (fùshù) (english: retell) (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), 引用する (in'yō suru) (alt: いんようする) (Japanese), parafrasear (Portuguese), parafraza (Romanian), perifraza [rare] (Romanian), парафрази́ровать (parafrazírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), переска́зывать (pereskázyvatʹ) (english: retell) [imperfective] (Russian), пересказа́ть (pereskazátʹ) [perfective] (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), перека́зувати (perekázuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), переказа́ти (perekazáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
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Inflected forms

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      "roman": "perefrazuvánnja",
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      "roman": "sarada",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "سَرَدَ"
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      "roman": "prerazkázvam",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
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      "word": "преразка́звам"
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      "roman": "prerazkáža",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
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      "roman": "parafrazíram",
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      "word": "парафрази́рам"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "shìyì",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "釋義 /释义"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìyì",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "意譯 /意译"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "retell",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fùshù",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "復述 /复述"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "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",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "elmagyaráz"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "körülír"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "parafrazál"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いいかえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iikaeru",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "言い換える"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いんようする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "in'yō suru",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "引用する"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "parafrasear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "parafraza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "perifraza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "parafrazírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "парафрази́ровать"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereskázyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "переска́зывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereskazátʹ",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "пересказа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "parafrasear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "word": "fasili"
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "şerh etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "teşrih etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "parafrazuváty",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "парафразува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perefrazóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перефразо́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perefrazuváty",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перефразува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perekázuvaty",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перека́зувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perekazáty",
      "sense": "to compose a paraphrase",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "переказа́ти"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "paraphrase"
  ],
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}

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