0 to repeat something written or spoken using different words, often in a humorous form or in a simpler and shorter form that makes the original meaning clearer --
1 A paraphrase of something is the same thing written or spoken using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form that makes the original meaning clearer: --
I am sure that he will tell me if my paraphrase is inaccurate.
She gave us a quick paraphrase of what had been said.
2 to state something written or spoken in different words, esp. in a shorter and simpler form to make the meaning clearer: --
The bulk of the included scientific material is brought, explicitly or implicitly, as paraphrases or quotations of previous sources.
The discussion of forms of the possessive pronoun (44), for instance, merely paraphrases the data on the map.
The experimenter repeated (or paraphrased) the instructions if needed, but offered no other guidance.
We select one paraphrase phenomenon for each of the three paraphrasing goals.
The paraphrase instances are automatically extracted and then generalized into paraphrase patterns.
As a result, 7,226 generated sentences were judged as correct paraphrases (accuracy of about 88%).
But if something like that happens, as in normal conversations, judges can paraphrase the rules and settle the uncertainty for the future.
It can be paraphrased as 'that's how it went'.
