HOW TO PRONOUNCE
rewrite
/ˈɹi.ɹaɪt/
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What does rewrite mean?
noun
- The act of writing again or anew.
- Something that has been written again.
- The replacement of subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.
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verb
- To write again, differently; to modify; to revise.
- To write again (without changes).
- To replace subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹi.ɹaɪt/
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What would I not give to write simple English, without having to rewrite and rewrite every sentence.
That was a quarter of a century ago; the lecture vanished out of my head more than twenty years ago, but I could rewrite it from the pictures—for they remain.
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I have an inclination to rewrite the "Declaration," but maybe I was just as wise on some matters ten years ago as I am now; so I let it stand.
Once, some one who had terribly loved him had written to him a mad letter, ending with these idolatrous words: “The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.”
Anne was graciously pleased to accept it and rewarded the donor with a smile which exalted that infatuated youth straightway into the seventh heaven of delight and caused him to make such fearful errors in his dictation that Mr. Phillips kept him in after school to rewrite it.