REPHRASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rephrase mean? 

• REPHRASE (verb)
  The verb REPHRASE has 1 sense:

1. express the same message in different words

  Familiarity information: REPHRASE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPHRASE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they rephrase    ... he / she / it rephrases   
Past simple: rephrased   
Past participle: rephrased   
-ing form: rephrasing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Express the same message in different words

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

paraphrase; rephrase; reword

Hypernyms (to "rephrase" is one way to...):

ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell (to say, state, or perform again)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rephrase"):

translate (express, as in simple and less technical language)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

rephrasing (changing a particular word or phrase)

 Context examples 

An article used to connect words, phrases, or clauses representing alternatives; used to connect alternative terms for the same thing; used in correlation; used to correct or rephrase what was previously said; otherwise.

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