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REWRITING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rewriting mean? 

REWRITING (noun)
  The noun REWRITING has 1 sense:

1. editing that involves writing something againplay

  Familiarity information: REWRITING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REWRITING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Editing that involves writing something again

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

revising; rewriting

Hypernyms ("rewriting" is a kind of...):

editing; redaction (putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rewriting"):

rescript; revisal; revise; revision (the act of rewriting something)

recasting; rephrasing; rewording (changing a particular word or phrase)

Derivation:

rewrite (write differently; alter the writing of)


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