[
US
/ˈpɛɹəˌfɹeɪz/
]
[ UK /pˈæɹəfɹˌeɪz/ ]
[ UK /pˈæɹəfɹˌeɪz/ ]
VERB
- express the same message in different words
NOUN
- rewording for the purpose of clarification
How To Use paraphrase In A Sentence
- The articles incorporated substantial sections of the Minute both in direct quotation and in paraphrase.
- Parents, to paraphrase Philip Larkin, can seriously damage your health.
- I was hoping for a fight and a boxing match broke out, to paraphrase an old joke.
- Walcott is a Nobel Prize winner who, to paraphrase Wordsworth, leaves trailing clouds of sexual harassment behind him where e'er he goes, at least in the 617 area code. When Will the Poetic Violence End?
- I could never see Dr. Sofen making some crack about how she paraphrased "has to hurry back for some marathon sex with a dockhand. THUNDERBOLTS #111 Marvel Comics, 2007
- It would be almost impossible to paraphrase any one of these. The Times Literary Supplement
- To paraphrase the famous saying about individuals acting as their own solicitors, the patient who treats himself has a fool for a doctor. The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
- Here's a paraphrase from memory of an instruction sheet that came with the main Swedish encyclopaedia back in the 90s. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
- But when she isn't around, to paraphrase Philip Roth's Nathan Zuckerman, another belayer will do. A Match Made in Canada
- I think it needs more in the way of paraphrase and/or annotation, which I hope Oxford University Press's forthcoming version of Durr's book on the cantatas will provide.