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paraphrase
1. Rewording for the purpose of clarification.
2. To express the same message in different words.
3. To restate something using other words; especially, in order to make it simpler or shorter.
4. A restatement of a text or passage in another form, or other words, often to clarify a meaning.
5. The restatement of texts in other words as a studying or teaching device.
This entry is located in the following units: para-, par- (page 9) phras-, phra-, -phrasia, -phrase, -phrastic + (page 1)