rephrase

English

Etymology

From 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. (transitive) To say or write something with different wording.

   Make sure to rephrase your thesis in your conclusion.

Synonyms

• restate
• reword

Translations

find a different way to say something

• Bulgarian: перифразирам (bg) (perifraziram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 改述 (zh), 換個說法／换个说法 (zh) (colloquial)

• Dutch: herformuleren (nl)
• Finnish: muotoilla uudelleen, ilmaista toisin sanoin
• French: reformuler (fr)
• German: umformulieren (de)
• Greek: αναδιατυπώνω (el) (anadiatypóno)
• Icelandic: umorða
• Japanese: 言い換える (いいかえる, iikaeru)
• 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