rewrite

About 2.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of writing again or anew.

   The film script underwent a rewrite for the European market.

2. noun Something that has been written again.
3. noun The replacement of subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.
4. verb To write again, differently; to modify; to revise.

   The editor asked me to rewrite my article for a non-technical audience.

5. verb To write again (without changes).
6. verb To replace subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.

Similar words

revision adapt rescript reformulate recast re-engineering rework rerecord reformulation re-enter

Often followed by

the it this of rules each eq a equation

Word family

rewriter rewriters rewrites rewriting rewritten rewrote