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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.
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
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Noun | 1. | rewrite - something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much better" 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" 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" |
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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
verbnounThe act or process of revising:
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Translations
يُعيدُ كِتابَة، يَكْتُبُ ثانِيَةً
přepsat
omskrive
átfogalmazátírújra ír
endurrita; umskrifa
perrašyti
pārrakstītuzrakstīt no jauna
rescrie
prepísať
ponovno napisati
yeniden yazmak
rewrite
[ˌriːˈraɪt] (rewrote (pt)) [ˌriːˈrəʊt] (rewritten (pp)) [ˌriːˈrɪtn]A. VT → reescribir; [+ text] → rehacer, refundir
B. [ˈriːraɪt] N → nueva versión f, refundición f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
rewrite
[ˌriːˈraɪt] [rewrote] [ˌriːˈrəʊt] (pt) [rewritten] [ˌriːˈrɪtən] (pp) vt [+ story, essay, article] → récrire, réécrireto rewrite history → récrire l'histoire
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
rewrite
(riːˈrait) – past tense rewrote (riˈrout) : past participle reˈwritten (riˈritn) – verb to write again.
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