rewrite
verb (past rewrote; past participle rewritten) /riːˈrʌɪt 
/ [with object]
/ [with object]Write (something) again so as to alter or improve it: I cobbled together a rough draft and then rewrote it...
- I just wrote a nice long e-mail to someone about a potential business deal, and I wrote it and rewrote it at three times.
- I first wrote it as a one-act play in Kannada and have kept on writing and rewriting it over the years.
- It took me ages to write this chapter I rewrote it 4 times because I just wasn't happy with it, it felt forced.
Synonyms
revise, recast, rework, reword, rephrase, redraft, rescript
noun /ˈriːrʌɪt /
/1An instance of rewriting something: he was constantly demanding rewrites, even on the set...
- So today I give you the bare essentials: no rewrites, no revisions, and pretty much no forethought.
- It takes four solid years of overdubs, rewrites, and revisions - not to mention several label dalliances - to finish their third album, The Meadowlands.
- This is actually the third book I've worked on for a local doctor and she admits that with this one I will be doing more of a rewrite than an edit.
1.1A piece of text that has been rewritten: rewrite after rewrite was drafted to ensure the final version would pass muster...
- It is 500 pages and is a rewrite of the 1989 Public Finance Act.
- Each person writes a piece, and then they pass it on and then next person rewrites it and then passes on their rewrite and the next person rewrites that.
- The first draft will take three or four months, the rewrite will take four or five.
Phrases
rewrite history
rewrite the record books