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Webster 1828 Edition


Paraphrasing

PAR'APHRASING

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ppr.
Explaining or translating amply and freely.

Definition 2024


paraphrasing

paraphrasing

English

Verb

paraphrasing

  1. present participle of paraphrase

Noun

paraphrasing (plural paraphrasings)

  1. A paraphrased statement.
    • 2012, Neil Bright, Those Who Can: Why Master Teachers Do What They Do (page 152)
      Several paragraphs are mainly composed of paraphrasings or direct quotations from a single reference source.