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paraphrase | paraphrasable |

As a verb paraphrase

is .

As an adjective paraphrasable is

able to be paraphrased.

paraphrase

English

(wikipedia paraphrase)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning.

    • Derived terms

    * paraphrastic * paraphrastical * paraphrastically

    See also

    * Etymology of translation * metaphrase

    Verb

    (paraphras)
  • To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase.

    • paraphrasable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Able to be paraphrased
  • *{{quote-news, year=1988, date=February 26, author=, title=Form Counts, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Indeed, we may find ourselves saving the wrapper even after all the paraphrasable "content" is absorbed. }}