Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to paraphrase
Participle: paraphrased
Gerund: paraphrasing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | paraphrase |
| you | paraphrase |
| he;she;it | paraphrases |
| we | paraphrase |
| you | paraphrase |
| they | paraphrase |
Perfect
| I | have paraphrased |
| you | have paraphrased |
| he;she;it | has paraphrased |
| we | have paraphrased |
| you | have paraphrased |
| they | have paraphrased |
Past
| I | paraphrased |
| you | paraphrased |
| he;she;it | paraphrased |
| we | paraphrased |
| you | paraphrased |
| they | paraphrased |
Pluperfect
| I | had paraphrased |
| you | had paraphrased |
| he;she;it | had paraphrased |
| we | had paraphrased |
| you | had paraphrased |
| they | had paraphrased |
Future
| I | will paraphrase |
| you | will paraphrase |
| he;she;it | will paraphrase |
| we | will paraphrase |
| you | will paraphrase |
| they | will paraphrase |
Future Perfect
| I | will have paraphrased |
| you | will have paraphrased |
| he;she;it | will have paraphrased |
| we | will have paraphrased |
| you | will have paraphrased |
| they | will have paraphrased |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | paraphrase |
| you | paraphrase |
| he;she;it | paraphrase |
| we | paraphrase |
| you | paraphrase |
| they | paraphrase |
Perfect
| I | have paraphrased |
| you | have paraphrased |
| he;she;it | have paraphrased |
| we | have paraphrased |
| you | have paraphrased |
| they | have paraphrased |
Imperfect
| I | paraphrased |
| you | paraphrased |
| he;she;it | paraphrased |
| we | paraphrased |
| you | paraphrased |
| they | paraphrased |
Pluperfect
| I | had paraphrased |
| you | had paraphrased |
| he;she;it | had paraphrased |
| we | had paraphrased |
| you | had paraphrased |
| they | had paraphrased |
Conditional
Present
| I | would paraphrase |
| you | would paraphrase |
| he;she;it | would paraphrase |
| we | would paraphrase |
| you | would paraphrase |
| they | would paraphrase |
Perfect
| I | would have paraphrased |
| you | would have paraphrased |
| he;she;it | would have paraphrased |
| we | would have paraphrased |
| you | would have paraphrased |
| they | would have paraphrased |
Imperative
| you | paraphrase |
| we | Let's paraphrase |
| you | paraphrase |
Verbs conjugated like 'paraphrase'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'paraphrase'
periphrase,
metaphrase,
misparaphrase,
rephrase,
misphrase,
parachute,
paradise,
paragraph,
paralogise,
paralyse,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1548, from M.Fr. paraphrase (1525), from L. paraphrasis "a paraphrase," from Gk. paraphrasis, from paraphrazein "to tell in other words," from para- "beside" + phrazein "to tell" (see phrase). The verb is 1606, from the noun.
2. From Middle French paraphrase, from Latin paraphrasis, from Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis), equivalent to para- + phrase. Doublet of paraphrasis.
Sample Sentences
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She asked the student to paraphrase the passage.
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Adult-literacy scores have also dropped: Nearly 30 percent of American adults cannot paraphrase or make inferences from a multipage text. In 2017, that number was less than 20 percent. [2026 July 8, Rose Horowitch, “The End of Reading Is Here”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2026:]