verb (used with object), re·wrote, re·writ·ten, re·writ·ing.
- to write in a different form or manner; revise: to rewrite the entire book.
- to write again.
- to write (news submitted by a reporter) for inclusion in a newspaper.
noun
- the news story rewritten.
- something written in a different form or manner; revision: They loved the rewrite, and said it would be a blockbuster!
verb (riːˈraɪt) -writes, -writing, -wrote or -written (tr)
- to write (written material) again, esp changing the words or form
- computing to return (data) to a store when it has been erased during reading
noun (ˈriːˌraɪt)
- something rewritten
“to write again,” 1560s, from re- “back, again” + write (v.). Related: Rewrote; rewritten; rewriting. Journalistic rewrite man is recorded from 1901. As a noun from 1926.