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rewrite

[ verb ree-rahyt; noun ree-rahyt ]

verb (used with object)

rewrote, rewritten, rewriting.
  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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Other Word Forms

  • ·ɰİ 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

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On the other side of those epics is the machinery rewriting those accounts to make the aggressors into heroes and the rebels into criminals.

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“They’ve rewritten this chapter and now we can look forward to the future knowing that they’ve laid a foundation for us to build upon.”

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Our vows that we wrote and rewrote obsessively were meaningless.

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I want a rewrite of "Just A Girl," but about that rather literal definition of feminine receptivity.

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That order was, in essence, an attempt to rewrite history on race and gender.

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