rewriting
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3.7
- noun
- /ˌriːˈraɪtɪŋ/
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- After coming to power in 1994, Nelson Mandela's post-apartheid government undertook a rewriting of the country's constitution.
- rewriting of history
- writing and rewriting
- rewriting and editing
And one of the key tools about rewriting is the order that you rewrite.
- And one of the key tools about rewriting is the order that you rewrite.
- This appears to be a complete rewriting of history.
- And that for me was changing that, rewriting the blueprint.
- It is of a piece with rewriting books or airbrushing people out of photographs.
- But you've now have this sense of accomplish, you did it and the rewriting process starts and that's when the fun begins.
- So all of this is just rewriting, right?
Examples
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The draft of the book is finished, but there's much rewriting to be done.
Fiction book (1999) -
Having the ability to use these tools in both the planning and the rewriting stage will benefit student writers.
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This appears to be a complete rewriting of history.
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This will mean months of rewriting.
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Having the ability to use these tools in both the planning and the rewriting stage will benefit student writers.
Academic text (2012) -
Most writers fall somewhere between these two extremes, but "rewriting," as William Zinsser said, "is the essence of writing well."
Academic text (2008) -
The draft of the book is finished, but there's much rewriting to be done.
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A story comes out just right the first time; usually, it's a process of rewriting and editing.
Synonyms
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2.7
The act of preparing writing, videos, or recordings for sharing by correcting and arranging them
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2.9
A change made to improve or correct something
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3.2
A new version of a text that improves the original
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8.5
Preparing and editing text to make it ready for publication and remove private information
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4.2
A short text that gives the same meaning in different words to make it clearer
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4.1
A different way of saying the same idea to make it clearer
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3.9
A new version of a book or film with changes
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3.6
A process of checking and correcting written text to make it clear and accurate before publication
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3.5
Putting something into different words to make it clearer
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Changing the words of a sentence to say it more clearly
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3.5
Saying or writing the same idea using different words to make it clearer
The act of changing writing to make it clearer
An act of changing something written to make it clearer or more correct
A new version of a written text that replaces the first
A new version of a text, film, or recording changed after its first release
Making a new version of something by changing its parts or structure
Saying something in different words to make it clearer
Saying someone else's words in a new way to make them clearer
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Etymology
The word rewriting comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the verb write meaning 'to put words on paper', so rewriting is simply writing something again to make it clearer or better.