| Main Entry: | restatement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | paraphrase |
Synonyms: |
digest, explanation, rehash, rendering, rendition, rephrasing, rewording, summary, translation, version |
| Main Entry: | restatement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repetition |
Synonyms: |
frequency, habituation, intermittence, iteration, regularity, reiteration, reoccurrence, repetitiveness |
| Main Entry: | paraphrase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | translation, interpretation |
Synonyms: |
digest, explanation, rehash, rendering, rendition, rephrasing, restatement, rewording, summary, version |
| Notes: | a paraphrase is a restatement or rewording of a text or passage for the purpose of clarification; a summary is a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; a summation is a summary or argument reviewing the principal points made and expressing conclusions |
Antonyms: |
quotation |
| Main Entry: | repetition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | duplication; doing again |
Synonyms: |
alliteration, broken record, chant, chorus, copy, echo, encore, ingemination, iteracy, iterance, iteration, litany, paraphrase, periodicity, perseveration, practice, reappearance, recapitulation, recital, recurrence, redundancy, rehearsal, reiteration, relation, renewal, reoccurrence, repeat, repetitiousness, replication, report, reproduction, restatement, return, rhythm, rote, staccato, tautology |
Antonyms: |
instance |
| Main Entry: | translation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rewording; interpretation |
Synonyms: |
adaptation, construction, crib*, decoding, elucidation, explanation, gloss, key, metaphrase, paraphrase, reading, rendering, rendition, rephrasing, restatement, simplification, transcription, transliteration, version |
| Main Entry: | version |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account of a happening |
Synonyms: |
adaptation, chronicle, clarification, condensation, construction, exercise, form, history, interpretation, narrative, paraphrase, portrayal, reading, redaction, rendering, rendition, report, restatement, rewording, side, simplification, sketch, statement, story, tale, transcription, translation, variant |
| Main Entry: | reiteration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repetition |
Synonyms: |
recapitulation, redundancy, repeat, restatement |
| Main Entry: | rendering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | paraphrase |
Synonyms: |
digest, explanation, rehash, rendition, rephrasing, restatement, rewording, summary, translation, version |
| Concept: | repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping, recurrence, succession, run; battology, tautology; monotony, tautophony; rhythm; diffuseness, pleonasm, redundancy. |
| Category: | 3. Indeterminate Number |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
chimes, repetend, echo, ritornello, burden of a song, refrain; rehearsal; rechauffe, rifacimento, recapitulation., cuckoo (imitation); reverberation; drumming (roll); renewal (restoration)., twice-told tale; old story, old song; second edition, new edition; reappearance, reproduction; periodicity.
-verbs
repeat, iterate, reiterate, reproduce, echo, reecho, drum, harp upon, battologize, hammer, redouble., recur, revert, return, reappear; renew (restore)., rehearse; do over again, say over again; ring the changes on; harp on the same string; din in the ear, drum in the ear; conjugate in all its moods tenses and inflections, begin again, go over the same ground, go the same round, never hear the last of; resume, return to, recapitulate, reword.
-adjectives
repeated; repetitional, repetitionary; recurrent, recurring; ever recurring, thick coming; frequent, incessant; redundant, pleonastic., monotonous, harping, iterative, unvaried; mocking, chiming; retold; aforesaid, aforenamed; above-mentioned, above-said; habitual; another.
-adverbs
repeatedly, often, again, anew, over again, afresh, once more; ding-dong, ditto, encore, de novo, bis, da capo., again and again; over and over, over and over again; many times over; time and again, time after time; year after year; day by day; many times, several times, a number of times; many a time, full many a time; frequently.
-phrases
ecce iterum Crispinus; toujours perdrix; "cut and come again" [Crabbe]; "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" [Macbeth]; cantilenam eandem canis [Terence];
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