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REWORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reword mean? 

REWORD (verb)
  The verb REWORD has 1 sense:

1. express the same message in different wordsplay

  Familiarity information: REWORD used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REWORD (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they reword  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it rewords  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: reworded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: reworded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: rewording  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Express the same message in different words

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

paraphrase; rephrase; reword

Hypernyms (to "reword" is one way to...):

ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell (to say, state, or perform again)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reword"):

translate (express, as in simple and less technical language)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

rewording (changing a particular word or phrase)


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