rewrite

plural rewrites

1. The act of writing again or anew.

   The film script underwent a rewrite for the European market.

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   After a month of writing and another month for rehearsals and re-writes, the three planned a one-night-only performance billed as a work in progress at Josie's Cabaret and Juice Joint in San Francisco.

   1991 August 24, Maridee BonaDea, “Pomo Afro Homos On The Road”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 6, page 7

2. Something that has been written again.
3. computingThe replacement of subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.

present singular third person rewrites · participle present rewriting · past rewrote · participle past rewritten

1. transitiveTo write again, differently; to modify; to revise.

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

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   Rewrite the book and rule the pages Saving face, secured in faith Bury, burn the waste behind you

   1986 July 28, “Cuyahoga”, in Lifes Rich Pageant, performed by R.E.M.

   If we are going to rewrite all of those diagrams and change the duties of all of those staff, it will take a few weeks.

   2021 January 13, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Timetable cuts as demand falls and staff are protected”, in Rail, page 7

   The conservative establishment will have to ask themselves, what else they can do? […] And even though they rewrite the electoral rules in their favour, their parties still lose the election.

   2023 May 8, Jonathan Head, “Thailand election: The young radicals shaking up politics”, in BBC, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2023

   It’s in this context that internet trends like retardmaxxing gain traction. For many, it becomes a way to disrupt the mental loop, sending an email without rewriting it ten times, applying for the job without feeling “fully ready”, starting the workout without waiting for motivation, or putting creative work out for the world even when it's not perfect to the tee.

   2026 February 10, Jigyasa Sahay, “'Retardmaxxing' is internet's new response to overthinking”, in India Today, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2026

   The news about Robert rewrote the conventional narrative that HIV/AIDS appeared in the early 1980s in New York and California. His case challenges the accepted history of an epidemic that continues to disproportionately affect young Black boys and men.

   2026, David Levithan, Gabriel Duckels, The Fight of Our Lives: AIDS in America, page 25

2. transitiveTo write again (without changes).
3. computingTo replace subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.