Antonyms for paraphrase

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : par-uh-freyz

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpær əˌfreɪz

Definition of paraphrase

Origin : 1540s, from Middle French paraphrase (1520s), from Latin paraphrasis "a paraphrase," from Greek paraphrasis "a free rendering," from paraphrazein "to tell in other words," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + phrazein "to tell" (see phrase (n.)).

noun translation, interpretation
verb interpret, translate

Example sentences :

It was really only a paraphrase of the old story of the grub and the butterfly.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

The paraphrase which has just been given of it goes beyond the actual words of Plato.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

“She is so nervous,” Maria said loyally, but her paraphrase availed nothing.
Extract from : « Olive in Italy » by Moray Dalton

"It was a paraphrase," he answered, the smile still upon his face.
Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles

He is not disturbed by the diversity of methods exhibited in the Paraphrase.
Extract from : « Early Theories of Translation » by Flora Ross Amos

This paragraph is in part a paraphrase of "The Great Apostasy," 10:21, 22.
Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage

A man may weep and weep, to paraphrase Shakespeare, "and be a villain!"
Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady

He can play the Liszt Don Juan paraphrase faster than any machine in existence.
Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker

It was founded on Cædmon's paraphrase of the book of Genesis.
Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 » by Various

All the other impressions are—to paraphrase Thnard—embroideries on this.
Extract from : « The Pools of Silence » by H. de Vere Stacpoole

Synonyms for paraphrase

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