What's the difference between rephrase and say?

Rephrase


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) • This article was amended on 14 October 2012 to rephrase a reference to the abducted child Madeleine McCann being "regularly photographed" during the period in question.
  • (2) Mothers responded by producing fewer rephrased questions, fewer questions providing hints and answers, fewer questions functioning as repetitions and expansions, and more directly repeated questions when the older sibling was present.
  • (3) Results indicate that teachers most often ask questions that require student to provide more information; yet these questions do not affect revision as much as questions which require students to rephrase specific language.
  • (4) Barker, too, was rephrasing his enthusiasm: "Osborne was speaking to an audience beyond the conference hall, beyond the green mafia.
  • (5) And his 47% “gaffe” is no longer something to let slip out via a secret video, but something for candidates like Scott Walker to rephrase and use as a stump speech.
  • (6) But step outside that and face the world, come on !” I rephrase my earlier question: is he afraid of making enemies in public life and politics?
  • (7) Perhaps, I thought, the correct response would have been to send Carter-Silk an email pointing out that if he suspected the message he was about to send was “horribly politically incorrect”, then he should probably rephrase it.
  • (8) But if you rephrase the data, this means on average you will have an extra 4.1 days of life.” He warns that the risks are based on old data when heart attacks were more common – one study found that risk calculators overestimated the risk by four or five times.
  • (9) Each principle was rephrased as an attitude or value associated with Level II fieldwork, matched with a Likert-type 5-point interval scale, and distributed to a convenience sample of 81 fieldwork supervisors.
  • (10) With the rankings tallied, the $5,000 prize goes to American chatbot Chip Vivant, the same bot that told one judge, "Please rephrase as a proper question, instead of 'Jim likes P'".
  • (11) In adapting the English version of the Arabic draft text, Said used his influence to rephrase the Arabic; although his modifications were insufficient to satisfy the Reagan administration, which ended by dictating the crucial words that appeared in Arafat's speech to a special session of the UN general assembly (convened in Geneva because the US state department refused to grant Arafat a visa to attend the UN in New York), there can be little doubt that Said's tireless representations in the American media, explaining that the declaration amounted to a "historic compromise" on the part of the Palestinians towards the Jewish state, opened the way for the US-PLO dialogue that would lead to the Madrid conference and the Oslo peace process.
  • (12) Many of my families have learning disabilities so I often have to rephrase and breakdown what is being said so they can understand; the legal terms being used can be very confusing.
  • (13) Described as the "brains behind the FSA" in an annual list of the 100 most powerful financiers in the UK, Sants often debates or rephrases questions before answering them.
  • (14) I rephrase the question, attempting to elicit a more personal response.
  • (15) Perhaps it is time to rephrase the challenge, says Brin.
  • (16) Perhaps you'd like to rephrase your question in a non-value-laden way."
  • (17) Items were rephrased to ensure understanding, although a small degree of standardization may have been lost in this process.
  • (18) In relation to this positive finding, the equivocality among some of the previous studies on the detection of BI components in human scalp BAEPs is tentatively rephrased in terms mainly of a low signal-to-noise ratio and of functional peculiarities introduced by the respective stimulation protocols.
  • (19) When the reporter rephrased the question he said “without wanting to get into an argument with the media what you have just said is very different from the accusation and statement you earlier made, we need to have decent standards in this country, including decent standards from the media”.
  • (20) They’re the same bold alternatives you’ve seen rephrased for 40 years, proffered as if untested on 300,000,000 guinea pigs already.

Say


Definition:

  • (imp.) Saw.
  • (n.) Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.
  • (n.) Tried quality; temper; proof.
  • (n.) Essay; trial; attempt.
  • (v. t.) To try; to assay.
  • (n.) A kind of silk or satin.
  • (n.) A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth.
  • (v. t.) To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things.
  • (v. t.) To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.
  • (v. t.) To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to.
  • (v. t.) To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles.
  • (v. i.) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
  • (v. t.) A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Lebedev says he is aware that he is under investigation.
  • (2) says Gregg Wallace opening the new series of Celebrity MasterChef (Mon-Fri, 2.15pm, BBC1).
  • (3) However, some contactless transactions are processed offline so may not appear on a customer’s account until after the block has been applied.” It says payments that had been made offline on the day of cancellation may be applied to accounts and would be refunded when the customer identified them; payments made on days after the cancellation will not be taken from an account.
  • (4) But when they decided to get married, "finding the clothes became my project," says Melanie.
  • (5) Mike Ashley told Lee Charnley that maybe he could talk with me last week but I said: ‘Listen, we cannot say too much so I think it’s better if we wait.’ The message Mike Ashley is sending is quite positive, but it was better to talk after we play Tottenham.” Benítez will ask Ashley for written assurances over his transfer budget, control of transfers and other spheres of club autonomy, but can also reassure the owner that the prospect of managing in the second tier holds few fears for him.
  • (6) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
  • (7) The idea that 80% of an engineer's time is spent on the day job and 20% pursuing a personal project is a mathematician's solution to innovation, Brin says.
  • (8) Unlike Milo, he appears to be – to some extent – convinced of the truth of what he’s saying.
  • (9) It is my desperate hope that we close out of town.” In the book, God publishes his own 'It Getteth Better' video and clarifies his original writings on homosexuality: I remember dictating these lines to Moses; and afterward looking up to find him staring at me in wide-eyed astonishment, and saying, "Thou do knowest that when the Israelites read this, they're going to lose their fucking shit, right?"
  • (10) Joe, meanwhile, defends her right to say "negro" whenever she wants.
  • (11) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
  • (12) 8.47pm: Cameron says he believes Britain's best days lie ahead and that he believes in public service.
  • (13) Critics say he is unelectable as prime minister and will never be able to implement his plans, but he has nonetheless pulled attention back to an issue that many thought had gone away for good.
  • (14) A new propaganda video by Islamic State featuring the British photojournalist John Cantlie, in which he says it is the “last film in this series”, has appeared online.
  • (15) I think he had been saying all season that with three or four games to go he will tell us where we are.
  • (16) It was with unanimous consent.” He denied that Trump’s tweets had played a part, saying: “No, no, no.
  • (17) That doesn't necessarily mean she'll like what I'm saying."
  • (18) This week's unconfirmed claims that Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek had been ousted from power have refocused attention on the country's domestic affairs; some analysts say Jang was associated with reform .
  • (19) On the other hand the TUC says people should also be prepared to be out in the sun for several hours and bring sunscreen and if possible a hat.
  • (20) 'The French see it as an open and shut case,' says a Paris-based diplomat.

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