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Definition of paraphrase noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

paraphrase

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/ˈpærəfreɪz/
 
/ˈpærəfreɪz/
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  1. a statement that expresses something that somebody has written or said using different words, especially in order to make it easier to understand
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a noun): via Latin from Greek paraphrasis, from paraphrazein, from para- (expressing modification) + phrazein ‘tell’.
See paraphrase in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee paraphrase in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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