rewrite

re·write

 (rē-rīt′)

v. re·wrote (-rōt′), re·writ·ten (-rĭt′n), re·writ·ing, re·writes

v.tr.

1. To write again, especially in a different or improved form; revise.

2. To put (material submitted to a newspaper or magazine) in a form suitable for publishing.

3. Computers To save (a usually altered file) over its most recent version in the same storage location.

v.intr.

To make revisions in written material.

n. (rē′rīt′)

1. The act or an instance of rewriting.

2. Something rewritten.

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re·writ′a·ble, re·write′a·ble adj.

re·writ′er n.

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rewrite

vb (tr) , -writes, -writing, -wrote or -written

1. to write (written material) again, esp changing the words or form

2. (Computer Science) computing to return (data) to a store when it has been erased during reading

n

something rewritten

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re•write

(v. riˈraɪt; n. ˈriˌraɪt)

v. -wrote, -writ•ten, -writ•ing,
n. v.t.

1. to write in a different form or manner; revise.

2. to write again.

3. to write (news submitted by a reporter) for inclusion in a newspaper.

4. Computers. to record (new or modified data) on a storage or output medium, replacing existing data.

n.

5. the news story rewritten.

6. something written in a different form or manner; revision.

[1560–70]

re•writ′a•ble, re•write′a•ble, adj.

re•writ′er, n.

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rewrite

Past participle: rewritten
Gerund: rewriting

Imperative

rewrite

rewrite

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rewrite - something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much better" revision, rescript piece of writing, written material, writing - the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"
Verb	1.	rewrite - write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis" write - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week" decipher, decode, decrypt - convert code into ordinary language transliterate, transcribe - rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated" transcribe - make a phonetic transcription of; "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant" revise - make revisions in; "revise a thesis"
	2.	rewrite - rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools" authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

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rewrite

verb revise, correct, edit, recast, touch up, redraft, emend students rewrite their papers and submit them

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rewrite

verb

To prepare a new version of:

amend, emend, emendate, revamp, revise, rework.

noun

The act or process of revising:

amendment, emendation, revision.

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Translations

يُعيدُ كِتابَة، يَكْتُبُ ثانِيَةً

přepsat

omskrive

neu schreibenumschreiben

récrireréécrirerécrit

átfogalmazátírújra ír

endurrita; umskrifa

riscrivere

perrašyti

pārrakstītuzrakstīt no jauna

omarbeideskrive om

rescrie

переписатьпереписывать

prepísať

ponovno napisati

yeniden yazmak

重写

rewrite

[ˌriːˈraɪt] (rewrote (pt)) [ˌriːˈrəʊt] (rewritten (pp)) [ˌriːˈrɪtn]

A. VT → reescribir; [+ text] → rehacer, refundir

B. [ˈriːraɪt] N → nueva versión f, refundición f

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rewrite

[ˌriːˈraɪt] [rewrote] [ˌriːˈrəʊt] (pt) [rewritten] [ˌriːˈrɪt^ən] (pp) vt [+ story, essay, article] → récrire, réécrire
to rewrite history → récrire l'histoire

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rewrite

vb: pret <rewrote> ptp <rewritten>

vt (= write out again) → neu schreiben; (= recast) → umschreiben; to rewrite history → die Geschichte umschreiben; to rewrite the record books → einen neuen Rekord verzeichnen

n this is just a rewrite of his first novel → dies ist nur ein Neuaufguss m → seines ersten Romans; it needs a complete rewrite → es muss vollständig neu geschrieben werden

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rewrite

[ˌriːˈraɪt] vt → riscrivere

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

rewrite

(riːˈrait) – past tense rewrote (riˈrout) : past participle reˈwritten (riˈritn) – verb

to write again. herskryf يُعيدُ كِتابَة، يَكْتُبُ ثانِيَةً написвам отново reescrever přepsat neu schreiben omskrive ξαναγράφωreescribir ümber kirjutama بازنویسی کردن kirjoittaa uudelleen récrire לְשַכתֵב फिर लिखना iznova napisati, preraditi újra ír menulis kembali endurrita; umskrifa riscrivere 書き換える 다시 쓰다 perrašyti pārrakstīt; uzrakstīt no jauna menulis kembali herschrijvenskrive om, omarbeideprzepisać, napisać na nowo بيا ليكل reescrever a rescrie переписывать prepísať ponovno napisati prepisati skriva om เขียนใหม่ yeniden yazmak 重寫 переписати دوبارہ لکھنا viết lại 重写

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