to paraphrase
64
4.1
- verb
- /ˈpɛrəˌfreɪz/
:
parafrasear
- The teacher asked us to paraphrase the poem in our own words to better understand its meaning.
- paraphrase the text
- paraphrase the sentence
- paraphrase words
So I, I will paraphrase a comment from Iowa.
- So I, I will paraphrase a comment from Iowa.
- You said there's there I grew up with, I'm paraphrasing you.
- Can you paraphrase it, embarrass everyone here?
- And seduction is, I mean, this is just my sort of paraphrasing.
- He's like in IT tech service and sorry, I'm trying to paraphrase it.
- And he said to me, I'm paraphrasing, yes, the hole over the North Pole is a problem.
- That's why most people fail. There's a great quote by Amelia Earhart. I'll paraphrase.
- See what happens to just try to paraphrase the other side's perspective before you give yours.
- And in fact, what I do usually is I paraphrase my friend and colleague, brother Guy Consomano.
- And it's because I was just really good at paying attention and paraphrasing and asking questions based on what people had said.
- um, I believe it was Charlie who said, I'm paraphrasing here. You know, even if it's a mistake, it corrects itself long term.
- And so I think we've gotten to a place as society, though, that you have to paraphrase or you have to caveat every damn thing.
- And there's a line in there, I'm paraphrasing it, but you have decided that most fear comes from thinking.
Examples
-
So I, I will paraphrase a comment from Iowa.
-
I think it's more heartfelt if I paraphrase instead of just reading a script.
-
Then let me paraphrase one of my own.
-
See what happens to just try to paraphrase the other side's perspective before you give yours.
-
Alice, I will paraphrase it.
-
What he says, and I'll just paraphrase it, is that we need to understand psychology.
-
Students were instructed to record and paraphrase respondents' answers and to return the survey within one week.
Academic text (1993) -
"Just for grins," he says, "paraphrase our Statement of Corporate Mission."
Fiction book (1995) -
After comprehending the content prose, students must synthesize new information and paraphrase the important details.
Academic text (1994) -
Students also used NoodleTools' digital notecard feature to record, paraphrase, and analyze information they found as they researched.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
100
5.9
To say something again to make it clear
42
3.7
To say something again in different words to make it clearer
23
3.4
To say something again in a different, clearer way
4
3.4
Change the words of a sentence to say the same thing more clearly
1
4.4
Say the same thing in a different way
1
6.7
To say something again in a clearer way
To make the main idea shorter and clearer
To describe something again in a different way to make it clearer
Say something again in different words
To write a sentence again using different words
Antonyms
How Close
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
To paraphrase comes from two Greek parts, para- 'beside' (the same 'para-' you see in paragraph) and phrase 'expression'. So to paraphrase is to say the same idea 'beside' the original, using different words to make it easier to understand.