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rewording

rewording is the present participle and gerund of reword.

Noun

rewording (plural rewordings)

  1. The act or process of creating a changed wording.
    • Near-synonyms: rephrasing; rewriting
    • The first day's proceedings […] were taken up with a rewording of the indictment, to the satisfaction of attorneys for the prosecution and defense. The case will now be heard under criminal, not common, law.1981 February 7, Roger Moody, “London's PIE Trial Opens”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 3
  2. A changed wording thus produced.
    • Near-synonyms: rephrasing; rewriting

Meaning of reword

Verb

reword (third-person singular simple present rewords, present participle rewording, simple past and past participle reworded)

  1. (transitive) To change the wording of; to restate using different words.
    Synonyms:
    rephrase, restate

Synonyms of rewording

Forms of rewording

pluralrewordings

Questions about rewording

What does rewording mean?
Rewording means the act or process of creating a changed wording.
What is rewording the present participle and gerund of?
Rewording is the present participle and gerund of reword.
What part of speech is rewording?
Rewording is a noun.
What is the plural of rewording?
The plural of rewording is rewordings.

Words near rewording in the dictionary

  1. reword
  2. rewordable
  3. reworded
  4. reworder
  5. reworders
  6. rewording
  7. rewordings
  8. rewords
  9. rewore
  10. rework
  11. reworkability

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rewording (page history and authors); reword (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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