📝paraphrase

verb
/ˈpærəfreɪz/

Meaning

To express the meaning of something using different words, often to make it clearer.

Example Sentences

The teacher asked the students to paraphrase the poem in their own words.

Example Expressions

paraphrase back

Synonyms

reword, restate, rephrase, summarize

Antonyms

quote, repeat

Collocations

paraphrase text, paraphrase sentence, paraphrase idea

Related Vocabularies

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