paraphrasing

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noun

A paraphrased statement.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of paraphrase

    MICHAELA: I will hear the exact conversation you had with Ethan, from start to finish, right now. / SIMONE: Ethan specifically said— / MICHAELA: (An order.) The exact phone conversation, right now, no paraphrasing.

    2014, Molly Smith Metzler, Elemeno Pea, →ISBN, page 47
nounparaphrasing (plural paraphrasings)

plural paraphrasings

  1. A paraphrased statement.

    Several paragraphs are mainly composed of paraphrasings or direct quotations from a single reference source.

    2012, Neil Bright, Those Who Can: Why Master Teachers Do What They Do, page 152
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APA

paraphrasing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paraphrasing

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“paraphrasing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paraphrasing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paraphrasing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paraphrasing.

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