paraphraseverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈpær.ə.freɪz/us/ˈper.ə.freɪz/to repeat something written or spoken using different words, often in a humorous form or in a simpler and shorter form that makes the original meaning clearer
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Saying again
- circle
- drum
- echo
- flog
- flog sth to death idiom
- go/run around in circles idiom
- go/run round in circles idiom
- inculcate
- indoctrinate
- labour the point idiom
- not hear the end/last of sth idiom
- parrot-fashion
- rake
- recapitulate
- regurgitate
- repetitive
- retweet
- tautology
- trot
- wheel
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paraphrase
noun [ C ] ukus
She gave us a quick paraphrase of what had been said.