"paraphrasing" meaning in English

See paraphrasing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: paraphrasings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} paraphrasing (plural paraphrasings)
  1. A paraphrased statement.
    Sense id: en-paraphrasing-en-noun-phRfASzi

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} paraphrasing
  1. present participle and gerund of paraphrase Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: paraphrase
    Sense id: en-paraphrasing-en-verb-Xgy--Tzm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 26 74

Inflected forms

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