rephrase

English

Etymology

re- +‎ phrase

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪz

Verb

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

1. To find a different way to say something ^syn.

Synonyms

• (rephrase ^def.): restate, reword

Translations

find a different way to say something

• Finnish: muotoilla uudelleen (fi), ilmaista toisin sanoin (fi)
• French: reformuler (fr)

• Icelandic: umorða (is)
• Russian: перефразировать (ru) (perefrazirovatʹ), переформулировать (ru) (pereformulirovatʹ), пересказать (ru) (pereskazatʹ)
• Swedish: omformulera (sv)