Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To write again, differently; to modify; to revise.

    The editor asked me to rewrite my article for a non-technical audience.

    umschreiben

    перепи́сыватьperepísyvatʹ, переписа́тьperepisátʹ

    write differently; alter the writing of

  2. (transitive)To write again (without changes).

    neu schreiben

    перепи́сыватьperepísyvatʹ, переписа́тьperepisátʹ

    перепи́суватиperepýsuvaty, переписа́тиperepysáty

  3. To replace subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.

Examples

119 sentences
  1. I'm going to rewrite this report.

    Я перепишу цей звіт. — deniko

    ruЯ перепишу этот отчет. — sharptoothed

  2. This code needs to be rewritten.

    Цей код треба переписати. — deniko

    ruЭтот код надо переписать. — marafon

  3. I need to rewrite my report.

  4. Tom had to rewrite his essay.

    deTom musste seinen Aufsatz noch einmal neu schreiben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. This paper needs to be rewritten.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
write again, without changing:
Русский
By meaning 1
write again, differently:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
write again, differently:
write again, without changing:

Forms

rewrites, rewriting, rewrote, rewritten
Base formrewrite · to rewrite
3rd person singularrewrites
Present participlerewriting
Past simplerewrote
Past participlerewritten

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrewrite
he, she, itrewrites

Past simpleLesson

all personsrewrote

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rewritten
he, she, ithas rewritten

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rewrite

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • rewrite this sentence
  • should rewrite this
  • rewrite the report
  • to rewrite this

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rewrite — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto