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# restate

«restate» in Mova's school dictionary: **to say it again, often in different, clearer words** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (restate, restates, restated, restating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To restate something is to say it again, often in different, clearer words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restate/#m1)

2) (formal) To restate a rule, view or promise is to say it again firmly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, pupils restate a word problem in their own words to understand it; in writing, a conclusion often restates the main idea. In reading tests, «restate the question in your answer» is a common tip. Phrases: «restate the question», «restate the main idea», «restate in your own words».

### examples

- Start your answer by restating the question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restate/#x1)
- Can you restate the problem in your own words? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restate/#x2)
- The conclusion restates the main point of the essay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restate/#x3)
- The head teacher restated the rule about phones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restate/#x4)
- When I restated the problem, I saw it was a subtraction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restate/#x5)
- She restated her promise to help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restate/#x6)
- Restate the fact more simply for younger children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restate/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: restated. «Re-» means again. Similar: rephrase, repeat, paraphrase. Restating is not copying word for word; usually the words change but the meaning stays.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «restate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.