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Word: Paraphrase
Speech Type: Verb
mid 16th century (as a noun): via Latin from Greek paraphrasis, from paraphrazein, from para- (expressing modification) + phrazein ‘tell’
ˈparəfreɪz
express the meaning of (something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity
Short Definition:express meaning of something using different words
Examples:- you can either quote or paraphrase literary texts
Word: Paraphrase
Speech Type: Noun
ˈparəfreɪz
a rewording of something written or spoken
Short Definition:rewording of something written or spoken
Examples:- scattered here and there in the text are frank paraphrases of lines from Virgil, Cicero, and Quintilian
- it is characteristic of poetic metaphors that they are not susceptible to paraphrase
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