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REPHRASING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rephrasing mean?
• REPHRASING (noun)
The noun REPHRASING has 1 sense:
1. changing a particular word or phrase
Familiarity information: REPHRASING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Changing a particular word or phrase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
recasting; rephrasing; rewording
Hypernyms ("rephrasing" is a kind of...):
revising; rewriting (editing that involves writing something again)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rephrasing"):
paraphrase; paraphrasis (rewording for the purpose of clarification)
Derivation:
rephrase (express the same message in different words)
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