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to redistill

to redistill

7.4
To make the main idea shorter and clearer
  • verb
  • /ˌriːdɪˈstɪl/
translation icon : reformular
  • The professor redistilled the complex theory into simpler terms.

Examples

  • After several drafts, she managed to redistill her ideas into a powerful conclusion.

  • Can you redistill this idea for me?

  • The teacher asked the student to redistill his argument into a single, clear sentence.

  • Can you redistill the main points of the meeting for the team?

  • The teacher asked the student to redistill his argument into a single, clear sentence.

  • After several drafts, she managed to redistill her ideas into a powerful conclusion.

  • Can you redistill the main points of the meeting for the team?

Synonyms

to paraphrase
vsto redistill
64 4.1

To say the same thing using different words to make it clearer

restates the essential sense often with added concision or clarity
to rephrase
vsto redistill
42 3.7

To say something again in different words to make it clearer

puts the core meaning again often more concise or clear
to restate
vsto redistill
23 3.4

To say something again in a different, clearer way

repeats the essential sense but with more focus on concision or clarity
to recapitulate
vsto redistill
  • Formal
2 8.0

To briefly repeat the main points

emphasizes restating central meaning in a concise clearer form
to rearticulate
vsto redistill
1 6.7

To say something again in a clearer way

re-expresses the essential idea with emphasis on clarity and concision
to recondense
vsto redistill
8.1

To make a text shorter again by removing extra words

focuses on expressing the core meaning clearly rather than just making text shorter
to re-explain
vsto redistill
3.4

Say something again in a clearer way

focuses on presenting the essential meaning concisely rather than detailed teaching
to redescribe
vsto redistill
4.4

To describe something again in a different way to make it clearer

aims at the core meaning presented again in a clearer concise way
to resay
vsto redistill
4.3

Say something again in different words

returns to the core meaning aiming for clearer or shorter expression

Antonyms

to confuse
266 1.9

Make someone unable to think clearly or make something hard to understand

How Concise

to redistill
7.4
to summarize
  • US
90 3.0
to explain
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

redistill infinitive
redistilled past
redistilled past participle
redistilling present participle
redistills third person singular

Morphology

redistill = distill (semi-transparent) = re + distill

The verb 'distill' is used figuratively ('extract the essence'), so while 're-' signals repetition the overall meaning requires understanding the metaphorical use.

Etymology

Redistill comes from re- 'again' and distill 'to take the pure, most important part', the same idea you see in the phrase 'distill the essence'. So to redistill an idea is to present its core meaning again in a clearer, shorter form.