rewrite

English

Etymology

re- +‎ write

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.ɹaɪt/

  • Audio (UK)

    (file)

  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹi.ɹaɪt/
  • Rhymes: -iːɹaɪt
• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈɹaɪt/

  • Audio (UK)

    (file)

  • (US) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈɹaɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪt

Noun

rewrite (plural rewrites)

1. The act of writing again or anew.

   The film script underwent a rewrite for the European market.

2. Something that has been written again.

Translations

something that has been written again

• Esperanto: reverko
• Norwegian: omskrivning m or f

• Scottish Gaelic: ath-sgrìobhadh m

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To write again, differently; to modify (a piece of writing or music, etc.).

   The editor asked me to rewrite my article for a non-technical audience.

   • 2021 January 13, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Timetable cuts as demand falls and staff are protected”, in Rail, page 7:

     If we are going to rewrite all of those diagrams and change the duties of all of those staff, it will take a few weeks.

2. (transitive) To write out again (without changes).

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• rewritable

Translations

write again, differently

• Catalan: reescriure (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重寫 (zh), 重写 (zh) (chóngxiě)

• Czech: přepsat (cs) pf
• Finnish: kirjoittaa uudestaan
• French: réécrire (fr), récrire (fr)
• Galician: reescribir
• German: umschreiben (de)
• Italian: riscrivere

• Japanese: 書き直す (かきなおす, kakinaosu)
• Kazakh: көшіру (köşirw)
• Latin: rescrībō
• Norwegian: omskrive
• Portuguese: reescrever (pt)
• Russian: перепи́сывать (ru) impf (perepísyvatʹ), переписа́ть (ru) pf (perepisátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-sgrìobh
• Slovak: prepísať pf
• Spanish: reescribir (es)

write again, without changing

• Catalan: reescriure (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抄寫 (zh), 抄写 (zh) (chāoxiě)

• Finnish: kirjoittaa uudestaan
• Galician: reescribir
• German: neu schreiben
• Italian: riscrivere

• Kazakh: көшіру (köşirw)
• Norwegian: rekonstruere
• Portuguese: reescrever (pt)
• Russian: перепи́сывать (ru) impf (perepísyvatʹ), переписа́ть (ru) pf (perepisátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-sgrìobh
• Spanish: reescribir (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "to write again"

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} herschrijven (nl)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} reskribi
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} átír (hu), ^{(please verify)} átfogalmaz (hu)

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} menulis ulang
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} rescrie (ro)