REWRITE


Meaning of REWRITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ri:raɪt ]

( rewrites, rewriting, rewrote, rewritten)

1.

If someone rewrites a piece of writing such as a book, an article, or a law, they write it in a different way in order to improve it.

Following this critique, students rewrite their papers and submit them for final evaluation...

= rework

VERB : V n

2.

If you accuse a government of rewriting history, you are criticizing them for selecting and presenting particular historical events in a way that suits their own purposes.

We have always been an independent people, no matter how they rewrite history...

VERB : V n [ disapproval ]

3.

When journalists say that a sports player has rewritten the record books or the history books, they mean that the player has broken a record or several records.

...the extraordinary West Country team that have rewritten all the record books in those three years...

VERB : V n

4.

In the film and television industries, a rewrite is the writing of parts of a film again in order to improve it.

Only after countless rewrites did John consider the script ready.

N-COUNT

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