rewrite
/ɹiˈɹaɪt/ verb B1- To write again, differently; to modify; to revise. · The editor asked me to rewrite my article for a non-technical audience.
- To write again (without changes).
- To replace subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.
He/she/it rewrites · Past rewrote · Past participle rewritten · -ing form rewriting
Verb forms
- Base form
- rewrite
- He/she/it
- rewrites
- Past
- rewrote
- Past participle
- rewritten
- -ing form
- rewriting
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
From the library
Phillips kept him in after school to rewrite it.
I rewrote it five times and I look upon it as my masterpiece.
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