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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The practice of paraphrasing: use of different words.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wording, phrasing
noun
rewording for the purpose of clarification
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: paraphrase
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rewording, recasting, rephrasing
Narrower terms: translation
History
From Latin paraphrasis, from Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis). Compare periphrasis.
