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rewritten

Syllables: re·writ·ten/ɹiːˈɹɪt.ən//ɹiˈɹɪt.ən/

rewritten is the past participle of rewrite.

Meaning of rewrite

Verb

rewrite (third-person singular simple present rewrites, present participle rewriting, simple past rewrote, past participle rewritten)

  1. (transitive) To write again, differently; to modify; to revise.
    • Rewrite the book and rule the pages
      Saving face, secured in faith
      Bury, burn the waste behind you1986 July 28, “Cuyahoga”, in Lifes Rich Pageant, performed by R.E.M.
  2. (transitive) To write again (without changes).
  3. To replace subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.

See all 6 meanings of rewrite

Forms of rewritten

alternative formre-written

Phrases with rewritten

Words that rhyme with rewritten

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Questions about rewritten

What is rewritten the past participle of?
Rewritten is the past participle of rewrite.
How do you pronounce rewritten?
Rewritten is pronounced /ɹiːˈɹɪt.ən/ (UK).

Words near rewritten in the dictionary

  1. rewrites
  2. rewrites history
  3. rewriting
  4. rewriting history
  5. rewritings
  6. rewritten
  7. rewritten history
  8. rewrote
  9. rewrote history
  10. rewrought
  11. rews

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rewritten (page history and authors); rewrite (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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