noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A paraphrased statement.

   "Several paragraphs are mainly composed of paraphrasings or direct quotations from a single reference source."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of paraphrase form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

interpretation

Example

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"Paraphrasing is all well and good as long as you don't have the original sentence in sight when you seek to paraphrase."

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