paraphrase

/ˈper-ə-ˌfrāz/

Middle French, from Latin paraphrasis, from Greek, from paraphrazein to paraphrase, from para- + phrazein to point out

noun

  1. a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form

  2. the use or process of paraphrasing in studying or teaching composition

The teacher asked the students to write a paraphrase of the poem.

verb

  1. to make a paraphrase

  2. to make a paraphrase of