paraphrase
noun
a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
paraphrasable
-
a word derived from
paraphrase.
Example Sentences
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The meaning of the plays, whether political or existential, is not paraphrasable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2021
It’s not a paraphrasable album, but it is a listenable one, its avant-garde tendencies held in check by Hval’s beguiling voice, and by instrumentation that accrues in layers.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 15, 2015
“Sunset” expresses a complex and not entirely paraphrasable understanding of men and women — and even more, of men with men — that makes “Gossamer Gallants” look even more slight.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2014
