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REPHRASE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does rephrase mean?

• REPHRASE (verb)
The verb REPHRASE has 1 sense:

1. express the same message in different words

Familiarity information: REPHRASE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• REPHRASE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Express the same message in different words

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

paraphrase; rephrase; reword

Hypernyms (to "rephrase" is one way to...):

ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell (to say, state, or perform again)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rephrase"):

translate (express, as in simple and less technical language)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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