paraphrase

paraphrase
I noun abridgment, brief, citation, condensation, description, elucidation, enucleation, equivalent meaning, explanation, explication, free translation, free wording, indirect quotation, interpretatio, interpretation, loose rendering, loose translation, meaning, minute, nonliteral translation, paraphrasis, recapitulation, rendering, rendition, representation, restatement, rewording, simplification, summary, synopsis, translation, version II index construe (translate), elucidate, explain, plagiarize, quote, recapitulate, repeat (state again), restatement

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  • PARAPHRASE — Dès l’Antiquité, la paraphrase figure dans les manuels pédagogiques pour la formation des futurs orateurs, au titre des progymnasmata («exercices préparatoires» à la rhétorique): ainsi chez Quintilien, Hermogène ou Aphtonios; c’est un exercice… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Paraphrase — (IPA: /IPA|ˈpærəˌfreɪz/) is restatement of a text or passage, using other words. The term paraphrase derives via the Latin paraphrasis from the Greek para phraseïn , meaning additional manner of expression . A paraphrase typically explains or… …   Wikipedia

  • Paraphrase — bezeichnet: in der Sprache eine erklärende Umschreibung eines Sachverhalts oder Textes, siehe Paraphrase (Sprache) in der Musik die Umsetzung eines bestehenden Werkes in den Kontext eines anderen Stilbereichs, siehe Paraphrase (Musik) in der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Paraphrase — Par a*phrase (p[a^]r [.a]*fr[=a]z), n. [L. paraphrasis, Gr. para frasis, from parafra zein to say the same thing in other words; para beside + fra zein to speak: cf. F. paraphrase. See {Para }, and {Phrase}.] A restatement of a text, passage, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Paraphrase — Sf Umschreibung erw. fach. (17. Jh.) Entlehnung. Gräzisierende Bildung gr. paráphrasis, ml. paraphrasis, zu gr. phrásis Ausdruck (Phrase) und gr. para , eigentlich was neben der Rede ist, ihr hinzugefügt wird; erweiternde Rede .    Ebenso nndl.… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • paraphrase — Paraphrase. s. f. Explication plus estenduë & moins attachée à la lettre que la simple traduction. Paraphrase du Cantique des Cantiques. Paraphrase Chaldaique &c …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • paraphrase — [par′ə frāz΄] n. [Fr < L paraphrasis < Gr < paraphrazein, to say in other words: see PARA 1 & PHRASE] 1. a) a rewording of something spoken or written, usually for the purpose of making its meaning clearer b) the use of this as a… …   English World dictionary

  • Paraphrase — Par a*phrase, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paraphrased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paraphrasing}.] To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language. [1913 Webster] We are put to construe and paraphrase our own… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Paraphrase — Par a*phrase, v. i. To make a paraphrase. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • paraphrasé — paraphrasé, ée (pa ra frâ zé, zée) part. passé de paraphraser. Un texte paraphrasé …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • paraphrase — [n] translation, interpretation digest, explanation, rehash, rendering, rendition, rephrasing, restatement, rewording, summary, version; concepts 55,57,268 Ant. quotation paraphrase [v] interpret, translate express in other words, express in own… …   New thesaurus

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