Rewrite

English

Noun

Rewrite (plural Rewrites)

1. Something that has been written again.

Verb

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

1. To write again.

Derived terms

• rewritable

Thesaurus

amend, amendment, blue-pencil, copy, copy out, correct, correction, draft, draw up, edit, editing, emend, emendate, emendation, enface, engross, inscribe, make a recension, make out, pen, pencil, push the pen, put in writing, recense, recension, record, rectification, rectify, redact, redaction, redraft, rescript, rescription, revamp, revampment, revisal, revise, revised edition, revision, rework, rewriting, scribe, scrive, scroll, spill ink, spoil paper, superscribe, trace, transcribe, type, work over, write, write down, write out

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɻiˈɻaɪt/

  Rhymes: -aɪt

Translations

Noun

something that has been written again

Esperanto: reverko

Scottish Gaelic: ath-sgrìobhadh (gd) m.

Verb

to write again

Chinese: 重写 (chóngxiě) Dutch: herschrijven Esperanto: reskribi French: réécrire (fr) Hungarian: átír (hu), átfogalmaz (hu) Indonesian: menulis ulang

Japanese: 書き直す (かきなおす, kaki-naosu) Portuguese: reescrever (pt) Romanian: rescrie (ro) Russian: переписывать (ru) impf., переписать (ru) pf. Scottish Gaelic: ath-sgrìobh (gd)