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metaphrasing

metaphrasing is the present participle and gerund of metaphrase.

Meaning of metaphrase

Verb

metaphrase (third-person singular simple present metaphrases, present participle metaphrasing, simple past and past participle metaphrased)

  1. To make such a literal translation.

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Questions about metaphrasing

What is metaphrasing the present participle and gerund of?
Metaphrasing is the present participle and gerund of metaphrase.

Words near metaphrasing in the dictionary

  1. metaphragmata
  2. metaphrand
  3. metaphrase
  4. metaphrased
  5. metaphrases
  6. metaphrasing
  7. metaphrasis
  8. metaphrast
  9. metaphrastic
  10. metaphrastical
  11. metaphrastically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metaphrasing (page history and authors); metaphrase (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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