"rephrase" meaning in English

See rephrase in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: en-us-rephrase.ogg Forms: rephrases [present, singular, third-person], rephrasing [participle, present], rephrased [participle, past], rephrased [past]
Rhymes: -eɪz Etymology: From re- + phrase. Etymology templates: {{af|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. (transitive) To say or write something with different wording. Tags: transitive Synonyms: restate, reword Translations (find a different way to say something): перифразирам (perifraziram) (Bulgarian), 改述 (Chinese Mandarin), 換個說法 (Chinese Mandarin), 换个说法 [colloquial] (Chinese Mandarin), herformuleren (Dutch), muotoilla uudelleen (Finnish), ilmaista toisin sanoin (Finnish), reformuler (French), umformulieren (German), αναδιατυπώνω (anadiatypóno) (Greek), umorða (Icelandic), 言い換える (iikaeru) (alt: いいかえる) (Japanese), przeformułowywać [imperfective] (Polish), przeformułować [perfective] (Polish), перефразировать (perefrazirovatʹ) (Russian), переформулировать (pereformulirovatʹ) (Russian), пересказать (pereskazatʹ) (Russian), reformular (Spanish), reelaborar (Spanish), reescribir (Spanish), refrasear (Spanish), omformulera (Swedish), перефразо́вувати (perefrazóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), перефразува́ти (perefrazuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To say or write something with different wording."
      ],
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          "word": "restate"
        },
        {
          "word": "reword"
        }
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "perifraziram",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "перифразирам"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "改述"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "換個說法"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
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        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "herformuleren"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "muotoilla uudelleen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "ilmaista toisin sanoin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "reformuler"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "umformulieren"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anadiatypóno",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "αναδιατυπώνω"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "umorða"
        },
        {
          "alt": "いいかえる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "iikaeru",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "言い換える"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
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          "word": "przeformułowywać"
        },
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
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          "word": "przeformułować"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "perefrazirovatʹ",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "перефразировать"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pereformulirovatʹ",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "переформулировать"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pereskazatʹ",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "пересказать"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "reformular"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "reelaborar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "reescribir"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "refrasear"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "word": "omformulera"
        },
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "perefrazóvuvaty",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
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          "word": "перефразо́вувати"
        },
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "perefrazuváty",
          "sense": "find a different way to say something",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "перефразува́ти"
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        "(transitive) To say or write something with different wording."
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "改述"
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      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "換個說法"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "换个说法"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "herformuleren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "muotoilla uudelleen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "ilmaista toisin sanoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "reformuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "umformulieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anadiatypóno",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "αναδιατυπώνω"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "umorða"
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      "alt": "いいかえる",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iikaeru",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "言い換える"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
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      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
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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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      "code": "ru",
      "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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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "reescribir"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "refrasear"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
      "word": "omformulera"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perefrazóvuvaty",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
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      "word": "перефразо́вувати"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perefrazuváty",
      "sense": "find a different way to say something",
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      "word": "перефразува́ти"
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