paraphrase
verb
[ ˈparəfreɪz ]
• express the meaning of (something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.
• "you can either quote or paraphrase literary texts"
Similar:
reword,
rephrase,
put/express in other words,
put/express in one's own words,
express differently,
rewrite,
rescript,
restate,
rehash,
interpret,
gloss,
paraphrase
noun
• a rewording of something written or spoken.
• "scattered here and there in the text are frank paraphrases of lines from Virgil, Cicero, and Quintilian"
Similar:
rewording,
rephrasing,
rewriting,
rewrite,
restatement,
restating,
rehash,
rendition,
rendering,
version,
interpretation,
gloss,
paraphrasis,
Origin:
mid 16th century (as a noun): via Latin from Greek paraphrasis, from paraphrazein, from para- (expressing modification) + phrazein ‘tell’.
