rephrase

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪz

Verb

rephrase (third-person singular simple present rephrases, present participle rephrasing, simple past and past participle rephrased)

To say or write something with different wording.

Synonyms

restate, reword

Translations

find a different way to say something

Bulgarian: перифразирам (bg) (perifraziram)
Dutch: herformuleren (nl)
Finnish: muotoilla uudelleen, ilmaista toisin sanoin
French: reformuler (fr)
German: umformulieren (de)
Greek: αναδιατυπώνω (el) (anadiatypóno)
Icelandic: umorða
Polish: przeformułowywać impf, przeformułować pf
Russian: перефразировать (ru) (perefrazirovatʹ), переформулировать (ru) (pereformulirovatʹ), пересказать (ru) (pereskazatʹ)
Spanish: reformular, reelaborar (es), reescribir (es)
Swedish: omformulera (sv)
Ukrainian: перефразо́вувати impf (perefrazóvuvaty), перефразува́ти pf (perefrazuváty)

Anagrams

preshear, reshaper