rewrite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (noun)
- (verb)
Noun[edit]
rewrite (plural rewrites)
- The act of writing again or anew.
- The film script underwent a rewrite for the European market.
- Something that has been written again.
Translations[edit]
something that has been written again
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Verb[edit]
rewrite (third-person singular simple present rewrites, present participle rewriting, simple past rewrote, past participle rewritten)
- (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.
- (transitive) To write out again (without changes).
Usage notes[edit]
- The verb "restate" has analogous senses "to state again" and "to rephrase, to state again differently".
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
write again, differently
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write again, without changing
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