rework

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /riˈwɝk/ UK /riːˈwɜːk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to alter or process again in order to improve or correct

The editor asked her to rework the opening chapter entirely.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to alter or process again... revise rewrite redo remodel refashion overhaul recast

Word family

Derived forms reworkedreworking

Related forms workrewroughtworkable

Etymology

From re- ('again') + work, the latter from Old English weorc ('deed, action, labor'), from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ('to do, make').

weorc Old English *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European

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# rework

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /riˈwɝk/
**IPA (UK):** /riːˈwɜːk/

## Meanings
1. to alter or process again in order to improve or correct

## Examples
- The editor asked her to rework the opening chapter entirely.

## Synonyms
- revise
- rewrite
- redo
- remodel
- refashion
- overhaul
- recast

## Derived Forms
- reworked
- reworking

## Related Forms
- work
- rewrought
- workable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: weorc
- Root: *werǵ-

## Etymology
From re- ('again') + work, the latter from Old English weorc ('deed, action, labor'), from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ('to do, make').

## AI Etymology
Rework comes from re- ('again') + work, the latter from Old English weorc ('deed, action, labor'), from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ('to do, make'). The historical chain includes Old English weorc and Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-. The quoted older senses, "again", "deed, action, labor", and "to do, make", supply the semantic anchors for rework. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word rework carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a verb, "to alter or process again in order to improve or correct". English derivatives include reworked and reworking; related English forms include work, rewrought, and workable. The result is a verb and noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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