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Definition of Rewording
1. Noun. Changing a particular word or phrase.
Generic synonyms: Revising, Rewriting
Specialized synonyms: Paraphrase, Paraphrasis
Derivative terms: Rephrase, Reword
Definition of Rewording
1. Verb. (present participle of reword) ¹
2. Noun. A changed wording ¹
3. Noun. The act of creating a changed wording ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rewording
1. reword [v] - See also: reword
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rewording
Literary usage of Rewording
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Composition for Elementary Schools: A Composition Grammar by James Fleming Hosic, Cyrus Lauron Hooper (1916)
"rewording SENTENCES 212. Consider the following groups of sentences: A 1. The old
gray horse was pulling a wagon loaded with pumpkins. 2. ..."
2. Composition for Elementary Schools: A Composition Grammar by James Fleming Hosic, Cyrus Lauron Hooper (1916)
"It would be well to write such letters as you can send. rewording SENTENCES 212.
Consider the following groups of sentences: A 1. ..."
3. NBS Special Publication (1921)
"Just explain, if you will, the suggested rewording, and how it differs from the
first. ... The suggested rewording of new No. 2, headed " Permanence," is, ..."
4. The Proceedings of the Hague Peace Conferences: Translation of the Original by James Brown Scott (1921)
"His Excellency Sir Ernest Satow infers from this explanation that there would be
advantage in giving this provision a rewording in order to elucidate its ..."
5. Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918 by Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1920)
"I simply want to bring to the attention of this Convention that this amendment
is practically a rewording of the present Constitution. ..."
6. Thought-building in Composition: A Training-manual in the Method and by Robert Wilson Neal (1913)
"A rewording seems, therefore, to have been all that was needed to give coherence
to this plan. But a moment's reflection will convince one that something ..."
7. Measuring Literacy: Performance Levels for Adults by Robert Mason Hauser (2005)
"Individual can converse on many everyday subjects and some subjects with unfamiliar
vocabulary, but may need repetition, rewording, or slower speech. ..."
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