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REWRITE

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected forms: rewritten    , rewrote   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something that has been written again

Example:

the rewrite was much better

Synonyms:

rescript; revision; rewrite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("rewrite" is a kind of...):

piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))

Derivation:

rewrite (write differently; alter the writing of)

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

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Write differently; alter the writing of

Example:

The student rewrote his thesis

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "rewrite" is one way to...):

write (communicate or express by writing)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rewrite"):

decipher; decode; decrypt (convert code into ordinary language)

transcribe; transliterate (rewrite in a different script)

transcribe (make a phonetic transcription of)

revise (make revisions in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

rewrite (something that has been written again)

rewriter (someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication)

rewriting (editing that involves writing something again)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

re-write a play for use in schools

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "rewrite" is one way to...):

compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)

Domain category:

authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he rewrite his major works over a short period of time?

Derivation:

rewrite (something that has been written again)

rewriter (someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication)

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