Paraphrase Verb Make Work Noun Para Para·Phrase French

para·phrase

I

\\ˈper-ə-ˌfrāz,ˈpa-rə-\\ noun1. a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form
2. the use or process of paraphrasing in studying or teaching composition

II

verb
(-phrased ; -phras·ing) intransitive verb
: to make a paraphrase
transitive verb
: to make a paraphrase of
• para·phras·able \\ˌper-ə-ˈfrā-zə-bəl, ˌpa-rə-\\ adjective
• para·phras·er noun

paraphrase
  paraphrase (n.)
   1548, from M.Fr. paraphrase (1525), from L. paraphrasis "a paraphrase," from Gk. paraphrasis, from paraphrazein "to tell in other words," from para- "beside" + phrazein "to tell" (see phrase). The verb is 1606, from the noun.

paraphrase
para·phrase / 5pArEfreiz / verb   to express what sb has said or written using different words, especially in order to make it easier to understand
   (用更容易理解的文字)解释,释义,意译:
  ▪ [VN]
   Try to paraphrase the question before you answer it.
   先试解释一下问题再作回答。
  ▪ [also V] noun   a statement that expresses sth that sb has written or said using different words, especially in order to make it easier to understand
   解释；释义；意译

para·phrase
I. \ˈparəˌfrāz also ˈper-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin paraphrasis, from Greek, from paraphrazein to paraphrase (from para- para- (I) + phrazein to point out, show, tell) + -sis
1.
 a. : a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form usually for clearer and fuller exposition : a free rendering
  < a paraphrase of eternal vigilance is the price of freedom — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
  < plays which are not paraphrases from the Greek — John Buchan >
  — opposed to metaphrase
 b. : the use or process of paraphrasing in studying or teaching composition
  < such subjects as précis, paraphrase, punctuation — English Language Teaching >
  < paraphrase, which aims rather at recapturing the general impression of a foreign work — Times LiterarySupplement >
2. : a free or florid musical transcription
 < a paraphrase of an ancient Gregorian Dies Irae — Time >
3. : an exemplification or an amplification of a theme, idea, or motive
4. : any of the verses based on passages of Scripture and commonly printed along with the metrical version of the Psalms used in Scottish Presbyterian churches
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: French paraphraser, from Middle French, from paraphrase, n.
transitive verb
: to express, interpret, or translate with latitude : give the meaning of (a work or passage) in other words : make a paraphrase of
 < paraphrases Descartes' famous sentence — Babette Deutsch >
 < paraphrased some of the telegrams — Sir Winston Churchill >
 < stories will have to be paraphrased by Mother — My Baby >
 < work of paraphrasing the obscure into the … comprehensible — S.E.Hyman >
intransitive verb
1. : to make a paraphrase

2. archaic : to comment or expand upon a topic