RE-WRITE Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

rewrite

verb

Definition of rewrite

as in to amend

to write (something) again especially in a different way in order to improve it or to include new information The teacher asked him to rewrite the essay. I had to rewrite the computer program.

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Recent Examples of rewrite With shoppers increasingly turning to AI tools for instant, conversational recommendations, the traditional e-commerce playbook is being rewritten. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026 Content creator Josh Lora, also known as @tellthebees, posted on TikTok that people are trying to rewrite the reality of professionalism to their liking—and that those who bring coffee into an interview won’t get the job. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026 The reforms center on breaking veto-heavy decision deadlocks, bringing poorer economies into global supply chains, cracking down on unfair state subsidies and rewriting outdated 20th-century trade rules. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Competing with YouTube Still, Bajaria isn't interested in completely rewriting the rulebook. — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rewrite

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Boy employees or those linked to Combs have been stalled, amended, or quietly abandoned.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
If their tax refund was inflated by claiming tax credits that don't apply to them, the taxpayer had to verify their ID first and then amend a return before any federal income tax refund could be issued.

— Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of amend

Verb

But the Planning Commission, whose five members are appointed by San Bernardino County supervisors, ordered the geologist to revise his findings and granted the vested rights to the quarry.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
In truth, the German economy has shown signs of recovery since the start of this year, leading economic research institutes to revise their full year growth forecasts upward.

— , CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of revise

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Computer simulations indicate that one of the geometries studied by the team could improve NMR sensitivity and accuracy by roughly an order of magnitude.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
The agreement bucks the utility’s typical process of building, operating and sometimes improving power plants and other infrastructure, such as transmission lines, and then collecting that money from customers in their monthly electricity bills.

— Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of improve

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Under a specific sequence of events, the issue can occur when pilots perform a go-around from a precision approach with the autopilot engaged and then modify the flight path programmed into the flight management computer.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
And, perhaps testament to the brothers’ marketing, so many M-22 signs have been stolen from the road, the state highway department had to modify their design.

— Mike Norton, Midwest Living, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of modify

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The power plant features titanium headers and an Akrapovič silencer for the exhaust, and is allowed to breathe through a massive front intake that required reworking the steering head.

— Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2026
Apple has reworked its optical and electrical heart rate sensors, and now the watch measures your heart rate every five seconds throughout the day instead of only periodically, as the Series 11 does.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026

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