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paraphrase

  (păr'ə-frāz') pronunciation
n.
  1. A restatement of a text or passage in another form or other words, often to clarify meaning.
  2. The restatement of texts in other words as a studying or teaching device.

v., -phrased, -phras·ing, -phras·es.

v.tr.

To restate in a paraphrase.

v.intr.

To compose a paraphrase.

[French, from Latin paraphrasis, from Greek, from paraphrazein, to paraphrase : para-, alongside; see para–1 + phrazein, to show, explain.]

paraphrasable par'a·phras'a·ble adj.
paraphraser par'a·phras'er n.
 
 
Thesaurus: paraphrase

noun

    A restating of something in other, especially simpler, words: rendering, restatement, translation, version. See words.

verb

    To express the meaning of in other, especially simpler, words: render, rephrase, restate, reword, translate. See words.

 
Antonyms: paraphrase

n

Definition: translation, interpretation
Antonyms: quotation

v

Definition: interpret, translate
Antonyms: quote


 
Music Encyclopedia: Paraphrase

In Renaissance polyphony, a compositional process involving the quotation in one or more voices of a plainchant melody in altered form. In the 19th century, the term was applied to an elaboration of pre-existing material, usually as a vehicle for expressive virtuosity, as in Liszt's paraphrases on Italian opera themes.



 

paraphrase, a restatement of a text's meaning in different words, usually in order to clarify the sense of the original. Paraphrase involves the separation or abstraction of content from form, and so has been resisted strongly by New Criticism and other schools of modern critical opinion: Cleanth Brooks in The Well‐Wrought Urn (1947) issued a notable denunciation of the ‘heresy of paraphrase’, i.e. the idea that a poem is paraphrasable. This is a necessary theoretical warning, since the particular form and diction of a poem (or other work) give it meanings that are not reducible to simple statements and that do not survive the substitution of synonyms; but the practice of paraphrase can help to establish this very fact, and is an analytic procedure too useful to be outlawed.

adjective: paraphrastic.

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Grammar Dictionary: paraphrase

A restatement of speech or writing that retains the basic meaning while changing the words. A paraphrase often clarifies the original statement by putting it into words that are more easily understood.

 
Word Tutor: paraphrase
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Translate freely. Also: Putting something spoken or written into different words having the same meaning.

pronunciation The teacher will paraphrase the significant passages in the novel.

 
Wikipedia: paraphrase


A paraphrase (from the Greek paraphrasis) is a statement or remark explained in other words or another way, so as to simplify or clarify its meaning. It can be used as a replacement for a direct quotation when the original text is unavailable or under copyright restriction. A paraphrase can substitute a euphemism for a direct statement, in order to avoid offense. As with a quotation, a paraphrase is introduced by a verbum dicendi, or disclaimer. A paraphrase is sometimes marked with (ph).

Characteristics of a well-done paraphrase

  • It is not a summary.
  • It does not contain most of the words or phrases from the original (plagiarism).
  • It includes all minor details from original.
  • The meaning of the writing being paraphrased is clearer to the reader than in the original text.
  • It restates the thesis.
  • It is usually longer than the original.

Example

  • "Immanuel Kant maintained the view that 'Existence' is obviously not a predicate."

This can be paraphrased as:

  • "One prominent scholar believes 'existence' is not a predicate." [1]

Notes

  1. ^ Jones et al, p 38.

References

  • Jones, Gerald; Jeremy Hayward, Daniel Cardinal (2005). The Philosophy of Religion. Hodder Murray. ISBN 0719579686. 

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Translations: Translations for: Paraphrase

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - omskrive
v. intr. - omskrive
n. - omskrivning

Nederlands (Dutch)
parafraseren, parafrase

Français (French)
v. tr. - paraphraser
v. intr. - paraphraser
n. - paraphrase

Deutsch (German)
v. - paraphrasieren, umschreiben
n. - Paraphrase, Umschreibung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παραφράζω
n. - παράφραση, ελεύθερη απόδοση

Italiano (Italian)
parafrasare, parafrasi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - parafrasear
n. - paráfrase (f)

Русский (Russian)
перефразировать, пересказ

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - parafrasear
v. intr. - hacer o decir paráfrasis
n. - parafraseo, paráfrasis

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - omskriva
n. - parafras, omskrivning

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
改写, 解述, 释义, 意译, 改述, 演释曲

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 改寫, 解述
v. intr. - 釋義, 意譯
n. - 釋義, 改述, 意譯, 演釋曲

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 바꿔 쓰다, 말을 바꿔서 설명하다
v. intr. - 바꿔 말하다, 부연하다
n. - 바꿔 쓰기, 부연, 의역

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - パラフレーズ, 言い換え
v. - パラフレーズする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعيد السبك أو الصياغه (الاسم) إعادة السبك : صياغه جديدة لنص ما أو مقطوعه ما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עשה פרפרזה‬
v. intr. - ‮ניסח מחדש‬
n. - ‮גרסה חופשית, ניסוח מחדש, תעקיף, פרפרזה‬


 
 

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