rewrite history in English

Forms: rewrites history [present, singular, third-person], rewriting history [participle, present], rewrited history [participle, past], rewrited history [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rewrite history (third-person singular simple present rewrites history, present participle rewriting history, simple past and past participle rewrited history)

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rewrites history",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rewriting history",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rewrited history",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rewrited history",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "rewrite history (third-person singular simple present rewrites history, present participle rewriting history, simple past and past participle rewrited history)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give a changed (usually false) account of what has happened in the past."
      ],
      "id": "en-rewrite_history-en-verb-ChYPUQak",
      "links": [
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "make history"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "kirjoittaa historiaa uudelleen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "réécrire l’histoire"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "újraírja a történelmet"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zmieniać historię"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zmienić historię"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rewrite history"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rewrites history",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rewriting history",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rewrited history",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rewrited history",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "rewrite history (third-person singular simple present rewrites history, present participle rewriting history, simple past and past participle rewrited history)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "make history"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give a changed (usually false) account of what has happened in the past."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kirjoittaa historiaa uudelleen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "réécrire l’histoire"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "újraírja a történelmet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zmieniać historię"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zmienić historię"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rewrite history"
}

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"rewrite history" meaning in English

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