PARAPHRASE


Meaning of PARAPHRASE in English

I. verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The article only paraphrased Castro's words, and gave no direct quotes.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

After frontal damage, the patient may just paraphrase the proverb.

Ask them to paraphrase a short story, and they may repeat it verbatim without making changes.

Ever since, numerous writers have paraphrased these sentiments, either in their fiction or through their own self-scrutiny.

If it is not a Minister, please will he paraphrase .

If, however, an existential claim is expressed in such a manner, then it can be paraphrased in terms of valid inference.

This paraphrased perfectly my private plot to forget Charlie Northrup the way everybody else was forgetting him.

To paraphrase an old saying, the water has to be there for the horse to be able to drink.

To paraphrase Jefferson, that means every citizen should receive those services and be capable of using them.

II. noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A paraphrase usually substantially changes the language of the original, because all that matters is that the idea is conveyed.

A brutal summary and paraphrase of this follows.

Can we even identify, for paraphrase purposes, what the underlying meaning is?

In fact, the optimally relevant interpretation may be a summary rather than an exact paraphrase .

Longobardi provides Leibniz with accurate translations or paraphrases of the Analects passages cited above.

These are only rough paraphrases, and we leave the finer details to the brave reader.

This paraphrase of Paul's words in Ephesians 4:26 guaranteed they not only resolved conflicts but also gave and received forgiveness.

This structure of absence and intrusion corresponds to de Man's blend of quotation, paraphrase and commentary in Allegories of Reading.

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