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rewrite

[ verb ree-rahyt; noun ree-rahyt ]

verb (used with object)

, re·wrote, re·writ·ten, re·writ·ing.
  1. to write in a different form or manner; revise:

    to rewrite the entire book.

  2. to write again.
  3. to write (news submitted by a reporter) for inclusion in a newspaper.


noun

  1. the news story rewritten.
  2. something written in a different form or manner; revision:

    They loved the rewrite, and said it would be a blockbuster!

rewrite

verb

  1. to write (written material) again, esp changing the words or form
  2. computing to return (data) to a store when it has been erased during reading
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. something rewritten
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • re·writer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rewrite1

First recorded in 1560–70; re- + write
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Example Sentences

It is not currently clear what would happen to the law if that happened, and whether it would need to be rewritten.

From BBC

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.

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“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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