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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹiː.ɹaɪt/ [UK], /ˈɹi.ɹaɪt/ [US], /ɹiːˈɹaɪt/ [UK], /ɹiˈɹaɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rewrite (noun).wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rewrite (verb).wav Forms: rewrites [plural]
Rhymes: -iːɹaɪt, -aɪt Etymology: From re- + write. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|write}} re- + write Head templates: {{en-noun}} rewrite (plural rewrites)
  1. The act of writing again or anew.
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  2. Something that has been written again. Translations (something that has been written again): преработка (prerabotka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), reverko (Esperanto), omskrivning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), ath-sgrìobhadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-rewrite-en-noun-d6yQl14z Disambiguation of 'something that has been written again': 10 89 1
  3. (mathematics, computing) The replacement of subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation. Categories (topical): Computing, Mathematics
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: page-one rewrite, rewriteman

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɹiː.ɹaɪt/ [UK], /ˈɹi.ɹaɪt/ [US], /ɹiːˈɹaɪt/ [UK], /ɹiˈɹaɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rewrite (noun).wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rewrite (verb).wav Forms: rewrites [present, singular, third-person], rewriting [participle, present], rewrote [past], rewritten [participle, past]
Rhymes: -iːɹaɪt, -aɪt Etymology: From re- + write. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|write}} re- + write Head templates: {{en-verb|rewrites|rewriting|rewrote|rewritten}} rewrite (third-person singular simple present rewrites, present participle rewriting, simple past rewrote, past participle rewritten)
  1. (transitive) To write again, differently; to modify; to revise. Tags: transitive Translations (write again, differently): преработвам (prerabotvam) (Bulgarian), reescriure (Catalan), 重寫 (Chinese Mandarin), 重写 (chóngxiě) (Chinese Mandarin), přepsat [perfective] (Czech), kirjoittaa uudestaan (Finnish), réécrire (French), récrire (French), reescribir (Galician), umschreiben (German), riscrivere (Italian), 書き直す (kakinaosu) (alt: かきなおす) (Japanese), көшіру (köşıru) (Kazakh), rescrībō (Latin), omskrive (Norwegian), reescrever (Portuguese), reformular (Portuguese), перепи́сывать (perepísyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), переписа́ть (perepisátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ath-sgrìobh (Scottish Gaelic), prepísať [perfective] (Slovak), reescribir (Spanish)
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  2. (transitive) To write again (without changes). Tags: transitive Translations (write again, without changing): преписвам (prepisvam) (Bulgarian), reescriure (Catalan), 抄寫 (Chinese Mandarin), 抄写 (chāoxiě) (Chinese Mandarin), kirjoittaa uudestaan (Finnish), reescribir (Galician), neu schreiben (German), riscrivere (Italian), көшіру (köşıru) (Kazakh), rekonstruere (Norwegian), przepisywać [imperfective] (Polish), przepisać [perfective] (Polish), reescrever (Portuguese), перепи́сывать (perepísyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), переписа́ть (perepisátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ath-sgrìobh (Scottish Gaelic), reescribir (Spanish), перепи́сувати (perepýsuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), переписа́ти (perepysáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
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  3. (mathematics, computing) To replace subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation. Categories (topical): Computing, Mathematics
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rewritable, rewrite history

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prerabotvam",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "преработвам"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "reescriure"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "重寫"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chóngxiě",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "重写"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "kirjoittaa uudestaan"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "réécrire"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "récrire"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "reescribir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "umschreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "riscrivere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かきなおす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakinaosu",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "書き直す"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "köşıru",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "көшіру"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "rescrībō"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "omskrive"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "reescrever"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "reformular"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perepísyvatʹ",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "перепи́сывать"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perepisátʹ",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "переписа́ть"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "ath-sgrìobh"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "prepísať"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "write again, differently",
      "word": "reescribir"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prepisvam",
      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "word": "преписвам"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "word": "reescriure"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "word": "抄寫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chāoxiě",
      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "word": "抄写"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "word": "kirjoittaa uudestaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "word": "reescribir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "word": "neu schreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "word": "riscrivere"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "köşıru",
      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "word": "көшіру"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "word": "rekonstruere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "word": "reescrever"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "write again, without changing",
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "переписа́ть"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "word": "ath-sgrìobh"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "word": "reescribir"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перепи́сувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perepysáty",
      "sense": "write again, without changing",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "переписа́ти"
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