PARAPHRASE


Meaning of PARAPHRASE in English

— paraphrasable , adj. — paraphraser , n.

/par"euh frayz'/ , n. , v. , paraphrased, paraphrasing .

n.

1. a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.

2. the act or process of restating or rewording.

v.t.

3. to render the meaning of in a paraphrase: to paraphrase a technical paper for lay readers.

v.i.

4. to make a paraphrase or paraphrases.

[ 1540-50; paraphrasis paráphrasis. See PARA- 1 , PHRASE ]

Syn. 1. See translation. 3. summarize; explain.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .