rewrite

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   something that has been written again

   the rewrite was much better

2. 2
   noun

   The act of writing again or anew.

   The film script underwent a rewrite for the European market.

3. 3
   verb

   To write again, differently; to modify; to revise.

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

4. 4
   verb

   write differently

5. 5
   verb

   rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose

6. 6
   noun

   Something that has been written again.

7. 7
   noun

   The replacement of subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.

8. 8
   verb

   To write again (without changes).

Etymology

From re- + write.