rewrite

re- +‎ write

• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.ɹaɪt/

  • Audio (UK)

    (file)

  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹi.ɹaɪt/
  • Rhymes: -iːɹaɪt
• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈɹaɪt/

  • Audio (UK)

    (file)

  • (US) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈɹaɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪt

rewrite (plural rewrites)

1. The act of writing again or anew.

   The film script underwent a rewrite for the European market.

2. Something that has been written again.

rewrite (third-person singular simple present rewrites, present participle rewriting, simple past rewrote, past participle rewritten)

1. (transitive) To write again, differently; to modify (a piece of writing or music, etc.).

   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.

2. (transitive) To write out again (without changes).

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

• rewritable