US /ˌriˈwɝd/ UK /ˌriˈwɜːd/
verb Freq #149209

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to express the same statement or idea again using different words

    The editor asked the author to reword the sentence without changing its claim.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to express the same... rephraserestateparaphrase
More rewrite
Opposites
quoterepeat verbatim
Word family
Derived forms rewordingreworded
Related forms wordwordingparaphrase

Etymology

Formed in English from re- ("again, anew") + word. As a verb, word means to express in particular language, so reword means to give that expression a new verbal form.

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