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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say in different way |
| Synonyms: | paraphrase |
| Main Entry: | recapitulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go over something again |
| Synonyms: | epitomize, go over same ground, go the same round, outline, paraphrase, recap, recount, rehash, reiterate, repeat, rephrase, replay, restate, review, reword, run over, run through again, sum up, summarize |
| Notes: | recapitulate means to briefly summarize and repeat the main points; capitulate means to surrender under agreed conditions |
| Antonyms: | take back |
| Main Entry: | render |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | translate, explain |
| Synonyms: | construe, deliver, interpret, paraphrase, pass, put, reproduce, restate, reword, state, transcribe, transliterate, transpose, turn |
| Antonyms: | cloud, confuse, obscure |
| Main Entry: | rephrase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say in another way |
| Synonyms: | express differently, paraphrase, put another way, put differently, put in other words, recast, reword |
| Main Entry: | translate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | interpret, explain |
| Synonyms: | construe, convert, decipher, decode, do into, elucidate, explicate, gloss, make clear, metaphrase, paraphrase, put, render, reword, simplify, spell out, transcribe, transliterate, transpose, turn |
| Main Entry: | rewrite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revise |
| Synonyms: | edit, recast, redraft, rephrase, reword, rework |
| Main Entry: | restate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | paraphrase |
| Synonyms: | express in other words, express in own words, recapitulate, rehash, render, rephrase, reword, summarize, transcribe, translate |
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