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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

rewrite

/ˈɹi.ɹaɪt/

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What does rewrite mean?

noun

  1. The act of writing again or anew.
  2. Something that has been written again.
  3. The replacement of subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.
More meanings (3)

verb

  1. To write again, differently; to modify; to revise.
  2. To write again (without changes).
  3. 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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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ɹiˈɹaɪt/
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What would I not give to write simple English, without having to rewrite and rewrite every sentence.
Charles DarwinMore Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished LettersProject Gutenberg ebook #2739
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.
Mark TwainWhat Is Man? and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #70
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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.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314
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.”
Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian GrayProject Gutenberg ebook #174
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.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #45