rewrite

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Etymology

re- +‎ write

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA: /ˈɹiː.ɹaɪt/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈɹi.ɹaɪt/
  • Rhymes: -iːɹaɪt
• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA: /ɹiːˈɹaɪt/
  • (US) IPA: /ɹiˈɹaɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪt

Noun

rewrite (plural rewrites)

1. The act of writing again or anew.
2. Something that has been written again.

Translations

something that has been written again

• Esperanto: reverko
• Norwegian: omskrivning (no) m and f

• Scottish Gaelic: ath-sgrìobhadh (gd) m

Verb

rewrite (third-person singular simple present rewrites, present participle rewriting, simple past rewrote, past participle rewritten)

1. To write again, differently (to modify).
2. To write again (without changing).

Usage notes

• The verb "restate" has analogous senses "to state again" and "to rephrase, to state again differently".

Derived terms

• rewritable

Translations

to write again, differently

• Norwegian: omskrive (no)
• Portuguese: reescrever (pt)
• Russian: перепи́сывать (ru) (perepísyvat') impf., переписа́ть (ru) (perepisát') pf.

• Scottish Gaelic: ath-sgrìobh (gd)

to write again, without changing

• Norwegian: rekonstruere (no)
• Russian: перепи́сывать (ru) (perepísyvat') impf., переписа́ть (ru) (perepisát') pf.

• Scottish Gaelic: ath-sgrìobh (gd)

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• Chinese: 重写 (chóngxiě)
• Dutch: herschrijven
• Esperanto: reskribi
• French: réécrire (fr)
• Hungarian: átír (hu), átfogalmaz (hu)
• Indonesian: menulis ulang

• Japanese: 書き直す (かきなおす, kaki-naosu)
• Portuguese: reescrever (pt)
• Romanian: rescrie (ro)
• Spanish: reescribir (es)