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rewording

rewording

1 3.5
Saying or writing the same idea using different words to make it clearer
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˈwɜːrdɪŋ/
translation icon : reformulación
  • Oh, that's the rewording of the question.

Examples

  • The teacher suggested a rewording of the instructions to make them easier for the students.

  • "Many of the changes were of a similar character—subtle rewordings that cast greater doubt on the conclusiveness of scientific understandings of climate change.

    Blog text (14)
  • In other words, we can call anything a success in the new rewording of the day.

    Blog text (5)
  • But it's a rewording of the original meaning freedom from suffering.

  • Try this rewording of your inner world as a beginning step to accessing the assistance of your higher self and fulfilling your desires.

    Blog text (4)
  • Again, minor rewording of the point makes clear its relevance to satire in the classroom:

    Academic text (2003)
  • Here's my rewording, then:

    Blog text (14)
  • Sometimes the editor feels that I go further than the source material actually justifies; in that case, we either negotiate a rewording or drop the assertion altogether.

    Blog text (26)
  • The difficult-to-understand legal language on consent forms may require rewording or, instead, a structured plan for verbal explanations—another way of engendering trust.

    Academic text (2005)
  • I encourage people to contribute as much as they feel comfortable contributing without getting compensated for it, whether that's diagrams, graphs, rewording of paragraphs, or entirely new content.

    Blog text (32)

Synonyms

wording
vsrewording
57 3.4

The way words are used to express an idea

is about changing words into different words to restate something
rewrite
vsrewording
33 3.2

A new version of a text that improves the original

is the action of changing words not the finished revised text
phrasing
vsrewording
22 3.4

How words are chosen and put together to show meaning

is specifically about altering words to say the same thing again
rewriting
vsrewording
7 3.7

Changing a text to make it clearer or better

is narrower focusing only on changing words rather than whole revisions
restatement
vsrewording
5 4.1

A different way of saying the same idea to make it clearer

is substituting words rather than repeating entire content
rephrasing
vsrewording
1 3.5

Putting something into different words to make it clearer

is the act of changing words generally not only restating meaning
recasting
vsrewording
1 5.6

Changing the words of a sentence to say it more clearly

focuses on word changes rather than broad rearrangement
paraphrasis
vsrewording
9.9

Saying something in different words to make it clearer

is focused on replacing words rather than full revision
reexpression
vsrewording
6.5

Saying or writing something again in a different way to make it clearer

is specifically about changing words rather than redoing whole text

How Different

rewrite
33 3.2
rewording
1 3.5
paraphrase
7 4.2
restatement
5 4.1

Surface Forms

rewording singular
rewordings plural

Morphology

rewording = reword (transparent) = re + word + ing

The noun is a regular action-or-result formation from the verb 'reword' with '-ing'.

Etymology

The word rewording comes from the parts re- meaning 'again', the simple word word, and the ending -ing meaning 'action'. So, rewording is the action of putting an idea into new words to say it again more clearly.