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rewriting

rewriting noun: the process or result of writing again; a rewrite. Also the present participle and gerund of rewrite.

Noun

rewriting (countable and uncountable, plural rewritings)

  1. The process or result of writing again; a rewrite.
  2. Any of wide range of potentially non-deterministic methods of replacing subterms of a formula with other terms.

Also used as

rewriting is also the present participle and gerund of rewrite.

Forms of rewriting

pluralrewritings

Phrases with rewriting

Questions about rewriting

What does rewriting mean?
Rewriting means the process or result of writing again; a rewrite.
What part of speech is rewriting?
Rewriting is a noun.
What is the plural of rewriting?
The plural of rewriting is rewritings.

Words near rewriting in the dictionary

  1. rewritemen
  2. rewriter
  3. rewriters
  4. rewrites
  5. rewrites history
  6. rewriting
  7. rewriting history
  8. rewritings
  9. rewritten
  10. rewritten history
  11. rewrote

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