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paraphrased

paraphrased is the simple past and past participle of paraphrase.

Meaning of paraphrase

Verb

paraphrase (third-person singular simple present paraphrases, present participle paraphrasing, simple past and past participle paraphrased)

  1. (ambitransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. To repeat a written or spoken phrase/quote using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form, or sometimes in a humorous context.
    • She asked the student to paraphrase the passage.

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Questions about paraphrased

What is paraphrased the simple past and past participle of?
Paraphrased is the simple past and past participle of paraphrase.

Words near paraphrased in the dictionary

  1. paraphrasals
  2. paraphrase
  3. paraphrase mass
  4. paraphrase masses
  5. paraphraseable
  6. paraphrased
  7. paraphraser
  8. paraphrasers
  9. paraphrases
  10. paraphrasia
  11. paraphrasias

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paraphrased (page history and authors); paraphrase (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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