rephrase

English

Etymology

re- +‎ phrase

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪz

Verb

rephrase (third-person singular simple present rephrases, present participle rephrasing, simple past and past participle rephrased)

1. To say or write something with different wording.

Synonyms

• restate, reword

Translations

find a different way to say something

• Bulgarian: перифразирам (bg) (perifraziram)
• Dutch: herformuleren (nl)
• Finnish: muotoilla uudelleen, ilmaista toisin sanoin
• French: reformuler (fr)
• German: umformulieren (de)
• Greek: αναδιατυπώνω (el) (anadiatypóno)
• Icelandic: umorða
• Polish: przeformułowywać impf, przeformułować pf
• Russian: перефразировать (ru) (perefrazirovatʹ), переформулировать (ru) (pereformulirovatʹ), пересказать (ru) (pereskazatʹ)
• Spanish: reformular, reelaborar (es), reescribir (es)
• Swedish: omformulera (sv)
• Ukrainian: перефразо́вувати impf (perefrazóvuvaty), перефразува́ти pf (perefrazuváty)

Anagrams

• preshear, reshaper