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rewrite

[ree-rahyt, 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 51Թ Forms

  • rewriter noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rewrite1

First recorded in 1560–70; re- + write
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Things began to come to a head with “Don’t Worry Baby,” Wilson’s thinly veiled rewrite of The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” which he considered to be pop’s finest moment.

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He doesn’t just distract – he rewrites the story in real time, making the serious seem trivial, and the trivial seem epochal.

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Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur - in the collection of a Mongolian museum - that they say "rewrites" the evolutionary history of tyrannosaurs.

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"You could have the courage to rewrite history and give a family that peace that's been denied," he said.

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If they have a face turn towards the good, they get rewritten as people who have empathy — not narcissists at all, just people with high but non-disordered levels of self-centeredness.

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