paraphrase

restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words
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paraphrase

Summary

paraphrase is a stylistic device[1]. paraphrase draws 177 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic_device category, ranking #36 of 107).[2]

Key Facts

  • paraphrase's instance of is recorded as stylistic device[3].
  • paraphrase is a type of text[4].
  • paraphrase's said to be the same as is recorded as in essence[5].
  • paraphrase's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[6].
  • paraphrase's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[7].
  • paraphrase's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • paraphrase's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • paraphrase's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • paraphrase's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[11].
  • paraphrase's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[12].
  • paraphrase's different from is recorded as quotation[13].
  • paraphrase's different from is recorded as paraphrasing[14].
  • paraphrase's different from is recorded as sense-for-sense translation[15].

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Definition and Type

paraphrase's instance of is recorded as stylistic device[3]. paraphrase is a type of text[4].

Why It Matters

paraphrase draws 177 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic_device category, ranking #36 of 107).[2] paraphrase has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] paraphrase is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_paraphrase_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{paraphrase}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/paraphrase}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of latvia id ['000270643', '000102263']
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3158, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  2. 21d ago · ~2026-19819-99 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of latvia id ['000270643', '000102263']
    Subclass of text
    Instance of
    Said to be the same as in essence
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1368]]: 000270643"
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