paraphrase
/ˈpæɹəfɹeɪz/ verb C2- 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. · She asked the student to paraphrase the passage.
He/she/it paraphrases · Past paraphrased · Past participle paraphrased · -ing form paraphrasing
Verb forms
- Base form
- paraphrase
- He/she/it
- paraphrases
- Past
- paraphrased
- Past participle
- paraphrased
- -ing form
- paraphrasing
From the library
I settled for a polite paraphrase, and somewhere in the hall a few people laughed anyway.
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