- noun
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- re-wording of a piece of writing, statement, etc, esp in order to make it easier to understand [Barron]
- verb
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- to make a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form [Taisha]
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- MSN Encarta:
- paraphrase @ Encarta
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
- paraphrase @ AHD provided by Yahoo! Education
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