"reword" meaning in English

See reword in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: rewords [present, singular, third-person], rewording [participle, present], reworded [participle, past], reworded [past]
Etymology: re- + word Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|word}} re- + word Head templates: {{en-verb}} reword (third-person singular simple present rewords, present participle rewording, simple past and past participle reworded)
  1. To change the wording of; to restate using different words. Synonyms: rephrase, restate
    Sense id: en-reword-en-verb-ZvHkJHUo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-

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Download JSON data for reword meaning in English (1.1kB)

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