rewrite

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Etymology

re- +‎ write

Pronunciation

  • (noun)
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹiː.ɹaɪt/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹi.ɹaɪt/
    • Rhymes: -iːɹaɪt
  • (verb)

Noun

rewrite (plural rewrites)

  1. The act of writing again or anew.
    The film script underwent a rewrite for the European market.
    • 1991 August 24, Maridee BonaDea, “Pomo Afro Homos On The Road”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 6, page 7:
      After a month of writing and another month for rehearsals and re-writes, the three planned a one-night-only performance billed as a work in progress at Josie's Cabaret and Juice Joint in San Francisco.
  2. Something that has been written again.
  3. (mathematics, computing) The replacement of subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.

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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; to revise.
    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.
    • 2023 May 8, Jonathan Head, “Thailand election: The young radicals shaking up politics”, in BBC News (World)‎:
      The conservative establishment will have to ask themselves, what else they can do? […] And even though they rewrite the electoral rules in their favour, their parties still lose the election.
  2. (transitive) To write again (without changes).
  3. (mathematics, computing) To replace subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.

Usage notes

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

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