paraphrase
noun
a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
was paraphrasing
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past progressiveof paraphrase.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He told BBC Verify he was "paraphrasing what I thought that meant to them", when he gave his Radio 4 interview.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2025
No, he was paraphrasing a TV punditry question and then giving his direct answer to that TV punditry question.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2021
The line is such common wisdom that even its originator was paraphrasing it from some uncited source.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2021
He later conceded that he should have said that he was "paraphrasing" Kinnock at the time he said those remarks.
From Fox News ● Jan. 30, 2020
This almost makes one think that the good Bishop was paraphrasing and reversing Voltaire's remark, "When a woman no longer finds herself acceptable to man she turns to God."
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers by Elbert Hubbard
