0 to say or write something again in a different and usually clearer way:
1 to say or write something again in a different way:
Users are often forced to rephrase their questions, until a form the system can understand is reached.
Similarly, our assumption that ministerial drift takes the form of spending can easily be rephrased in terms of policy.
Let us rephrase the above more formally for possible future use.
The fourth main type of repair, a rephrasing repair, involves revising the form of the speaker's original message without changing its content.
In almost any case, one could rephrase the former as the latter.
In written language, the time allowed for processing, the opportunity to rephrase and revise should guarantee that the wordings are intended.
The other axioms do not even need to be rephrased.
Lest this latter statement be misinterpreted, let me rephrase as follows.
