paraphrase

«paraphrase» in Mova's school dictionary: to say or write the same thing again in other words — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (paraphrase, paraphrases, paraphrased, paraphrasing); noun (a paraphrase, paraphrases)

meaning for a pupil

1) To paraphrase is to say or write the same thing again in other words. tree →

2) A paraphrase is the new sentence that says the same thing in different words. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: not in the problems themselves; a reading step: say the problem in your own words to check you understand what is asked. In English and science: paraphrasing a text instead of copying it. In everyday life: retelling what someone said.

examples

• Paraphrase the problem before you solve it. tree →
• She paraphrased the question. tree →
• Write a paraphrase of the story. tree →
• Paraphrase the paragraph without copying the author's words. tree →
• To paraphrase my teacher: «Check your work twice». tree →
• His paraphrase kept all the facts. tree →
• Can you paraphrase what your partner said? tree →
• Source.--I have paraphrased the well-known poem of Hon. tree →

note

No number. Saying the problem in your own words helps you find what is asked. Trap: a paraphrase must keep every number and relation. A paraphrase is not a summary: a summary is shorter, a paraphrase keeps all the meaning. When you paraphrase someone else's work, still say where it came from.

In the corpora

• Repeating what someone said in your own words is called paraphrasing, and it shows you listened.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «paraphrase» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.