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to resentence

to resentence

7.1
To write a sentence again using different words
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈsɛntəns/
translation icon : reformular
  • Editors often resentence paragraphs to improve the flow of an article.

Examples

  • After receiving feedback, she decided to resentence several awkward lines in her essay.

  • The teacher asked the student to resentence the statement to make it clearer.

  • Please resentence this paragraph for clarity.

  • The teacher resentenced the student’s essay.

  • The teacher asked the student to resentence the statement to make it clearer.

  • After receiving feedback, she decided to resentence several awkward lines in her essay.

  • Editors often resentence paragraphs to improve the flow of an article.

Synonyms

to rewrite
vsto resentence
112 2.8

To make a new version of a text to improve or change it

is narrower, focusing on changing a single sentence's words or structure
to paraphrase
vsto resentence
64 4.1

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

includes this but also permits structural changes to the sentence
to rephrase
vsto resentence
42 3.7

To say something again in different words to make it clearer

allows both rewording and changing the sentence structure
to restate
vsto resentence
23 3.4

To say something again in a different, clearer way

is focused on rewriting a sentence, not only repeating for emphasis
to reword
vsto resentence
4 3.4

Change the words of a sentence to say the same thing more clearly

can also involve altering sentence form or overall structure
to redraft
vsto resentence
3 3.5

Write something again to make it better

is more limited, concentrating on revising one sentence rather than whole drafts
to word it differently
vsto resentence
1 4.4

Say the same thing in a different way

covers that but also allows reorganising the sentence itself
to rearticulate
vsto resentence
1 6.7

To say something again in a clearer way

is specific to producing a new sentence form rather than general restatement
to repolish
vsto resentence
4.2

Improve writing or a presentation by making small changes

is broader, allowing full rewording or structural sentence changes
to resay
vsto resentence
4.3

Say something again in different words

applies specifically to writing or expressing a full sentence again

How Different

to rewrite
112 2.8
to recast
9 5.6
to resentence
7.1
to rephrase
42 3.7
to restate
23 3.4

Surface Forms

resentence infinitive
resentenced past
resentenced past participle
resentencing present participle
resentences third person singular

Morphology

resentence = sentence (transparent) = re + sentence

This is regular re- prefixation on the verb 'sentence', giving the meaning 'put into sentences again' or 'rephrase as a sentence again'.

Etymology

The verb resentence comes from re- 'again' and sentence 'a written or spoken sentence', so to resentence is to make a sentence again — to write or say it in different words.