(~s, rewriting, rewrote, rewritten)
1.
If someone ~s 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 ~ 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 ~ 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 ~ is the writing of parts of a film again in order to improve it.
Only after countless ~s did John consider the script ready.
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