Antonyms for paraphrasing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : par-uh-freyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpær əˌfreɪz |
Definition of paraphrasing
Origin :- c.1600, from paraphrase (n.) or from French paraphraser. Related: Paraphrased; paraphrasing.
- verb interpret, translate
- I am but paraphrasing what was said recently by an Oxford professor.
- Extract from : « Waiting for Daylight » by Henry Major Tomlinson
- Paraphrasing is telling (speaking) the same thing in other words.
- Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins
- Paraphrasing the poet, “none knew him but to love him, none knew him but to praise.”
- Extract from : « The Wonderful Story of Lincoln » by Charles M. Stevens
- “The very best,” Dan declared, paraphrasing the book he had just been reading.
- Extract from : « Dan Carter and the Haunted Castle » by Mildred A. Wirt
- If we may take the liberty of paraphrasing the lines of the immortal bard.
- Extract from : « The Battle of The Press » by Theophila Carlile Campbell
- And he did not apologise for paraphrasing the famous ballad.
- Extract from : « Donovan Pasha And Some People Of Egypt, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
- I have done so, and have even amused myself by paraphrasing some of them, but these I will not inflict upon you.
- Extract from : « Aspects and Impressions » by Edmund Gosse
- Paraphrasing this loosely, we may say of New-York, that she has a dozen different pavements and deuce a good one.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 1, Saturday, April 2, 1870 » by Various
- Shaikh Zain applies the word bar to the porpoise, when paraphrasing the Bbur-nma f. 281b.
- Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
- Pythagoras is so explicit upon this spiritual flame, that you would swear he was paraphrasing the first five verses of St. John.
- Extract from : « The Round Towers of Ireland » by Henry O'Brien
Synonyms for paraphrasing
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