English to Icelandic Meaning of paraphrase - paraphrase

Paraphrase :

paraphrase

noun

verb

Paraphrase :: paraphraseParaphrased :: paraphrasedParaphrases :: paraphrasesParaphrasing :: paraphrasing

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Definitions of paraphrase in English

Noun(1) rewording for the purpose of clarification
Verb(1) express the same message in different words

Examples of paraphrase in English

(1) Indeed, Digby, bravo on mastering the art of the paraphrase in mere weeks.(2) you can either quote or paraphrase literary texts(3) Below is a bitty paraphrase of a section of the lecture, a section concerning Derrida.(4) It was that old newspaper trick of using single inverted commas, safe in the knowledge that most readers wouldn't know this meant it was a paraphrase .(5) That was my best paraphrase of all the CNA reports about the barrage.(6) He cannot get around that by saying he wrote a paraphrase down on a piece of paper.(7) This is a paraphrase , but it does convey the flavour.(8) it is characteristic of poetic metaphors that they are not susceptible to paraphrase(9) The following is not a transcript, but a paraphrase of statements and positions.(10) The quote attributed to the person is paraphrased but contains more detail than the account in the first statement.(11) As an author, I can say that there is nothing more disconcerting than to read numerous paragraphs in another book that are hauntingly similar paraphrases of one's own work.(12) They teetered into the ridiculous: Williams sought to deny a paraphrasable content where he could detect nothing risquÔö£┬«, but was on the alert for meaning if the poetry looked naughty.(13) The discovery of every tale, Naipaul writes, paraphrasing Joseph Conrad, is a moral one.(14) Absolutely, and in hindsight, perhaps I wish I'd just paraphrased it, not used quotes.(15) Printed text was paraphrased to avoid breaking the code.(16) In the Small Catechism, his explanations of both the First Commandment and the Sixth break the normal paraphrastic nature of the work.

Synonyms

Noun

4. rewrite ::

umskrifa

5. rendition ::

flutningur

7. gloss ::

gljái

Verb

8. reword ::

endursegja

11. rewrite ::

umskrifa

12. gloss ::

gljái

Antonyms

1. quotation ::

tilvitnun

2. quote ::

tilvitnun

Different Forms

paraphrase, paraphrased, paraphrases, paraphrasing

Word Example from TV Shows

Well, uh, to PARAPHRASE Shakespeare:

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 24

to PARAPHRASE Coco Chanel,

The Big Bang Theory Season 5, Episode 14

Well, to PARAPHRASE Mozart, all the subatomic particles are there.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 6

To PARAPHRASE T.S. Eliot,

The Big Bang Theory Season 5, Episode 18

English to Icelandic Dictionary: paraphrase

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