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rewrite
[ verb ree-rahyt; noun ree-rahyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to write in a different form or manner; revise:
to rewrite the entire book.
- to write again.
- to write (news submitted by a reporter) for inclusion in a newspaper.
noun
- the news story rewritten.
- something written in a different form or manner; revision:
They loved the rewrite, and said it would be a blockbuster!
rewrite
verb
- to write (written material) again, esp changing the words or form
- computing to return (data) to a store when it has been erased during reading
noun
- something rewritten
Other Words From
- re·writer noun
Example Sentences
It is not currently clear what would happen to the law if that happened, and whether it would need to be rewritten.
Gascón would often spend her time away from set writing and rewriting dialogue and jotting down ideas she would text the director late into the night.
In “Woman of the Hour,” she rewrites the script and asks her own questions, including a tricky one about special relativity and “What are girls for?”
Stamper confesses it’s been scrapped and rewritten several times.
“It will lead to a rewriting of the textbooks in terms of ourselves and our tissues and organs and how they function.”
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