Usually means: Expressing same idea in different words.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. rephrasing: Merriam-Webster
  2. rephrasing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. rephrasing: Vocabulary.com
  4. rephrasing: Wordnik
  5. rephrasing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. rephrasing: Wiktionary
  7. rephrasing: Dictionary.com
  8. rephrasing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. rephrasing: Rhymezone
  10. rephrasing: FreeDictionary.org
  11. rephrasing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. rephrasing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rephrasing: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rephrasing)

▸ noun:  Something differently phrased.

Similar:
rewording, recasting, indirect quotation, adverb phrase, façon de parler, hint, subcategorizand, modest proposal, merotely, third way, more...

Opposite:
paraphrasing, quoting, direct speech, verbatim

Adjectives:
slight, simple, such, mere, own, minor, little, careful, sharper, possible, much

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Similar:
rewording, recasting, indirect quotation, adverb phrase, façon de parler, hint, subcategorizand, modest proposal, merotely, third way, more...

Opposite:
paraphrasing, quoting, direct speech, verbatim

Adjectives:
slight, simple, such, mere, own, minor, little, careful, sharper, possible, much



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