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paraphrase
/ˈpærəˌfreɪz/
verb
To say the same thing again using different words.
- “Paraphrase the sentence so that it does not copy the source.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))