paraphrase

paraphrase, reformulation

Version d'un propos ou d'un texte exprimée avec d'autres mots, en gardant le même sens.

En anglais simple : A version of something said or written that uses different words but keeps the same meaning.

• This is a paraphrase of her answer.
• His paraphrase made the passage easier to understand.
• Compare your paraphrases with the original text.

Comment l'utiliser : paraphrase of something (She wrote a paraphrase of the final paragraph.)

Synonymes : restatement, rewording

Expressions courantes : paraphrase of something, brief paraphrase, accurate paraphrase

reformuler, paraphraser

Exprimer avec d'autres mots ce que quelqu'un a dit ou écrit, sans en changer le sens.

En anglais simple : To express what someone said or wrote in different words, keeping the same meaning.

• Can you paraphrase this sentence?
• She paraphrased his answer in simpler words.
• I am paraphrasing, but that was his main point.

Synonymes : reword, restate

Expressions courantes : paraphrase something, paraphrase a passage, paraphrase someone, paraphrase a statement