rewrite
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.
the news story rewritten.
something written in a different form or manner; revision: They loved the rewrite, and said it would be a blockbuster!
Origin of rewrite
1Other words from rewrite
- re·writ·er, noun
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How to use rewrite in a sentence
That effort is aided by reframing rewrites from outlets like Gateway Pundit and Breitbart, which can pick up on and help spread misleading narratives about real incidents to larger audiences.
Seven types of election misinformation to watch out for | Abby Ohlheiser | November 2, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe constitution was rewritten retrospectively in an attempt to put the concession beyond legal challenge.
China’s Nicaragua Canal Could Spark a New Central America Revolution | Nina Lakhani | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe has effectively rewritten laws through the active interpretation that I find very problematic.
His first demand was that the country's official constitution be rewritten to prohibit extradition.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens | Jeff Campagna | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe old roles are increasingly mixed up these days; the rules are being rewritten.
Why Is Louis C.K. So Funny? He Uses Humor as a Moral Compass. | Andrew Romano | May 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
She was also Meg in the first season of Family Guy, until the character was rewritten.
The day lilies were in bloom, and that meant August; it meant also that her book was written, rewritten, and ready to be copied.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterBut it was all rewritten in a new metre, and is preserved to us, for all time, in the famous passage in the Knightes Tale; ll.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerSubordinated as it is here rewritten, it does not half express the spiteful independence she assumed to teach Coppy a lesson.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterA few chapters of that experimental issue were rewritten for the present and final form of the narrative.
The Well-Beloved | Thomas HardyBoth presented an inextricable tangle of figures scratched out, rewritten, and then again scratched out for fresh modifications.
The Surprises of Life | Georges Clemenceau
British Dictionary definitions for rewrite
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
something rewritten
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