Meaning & use

Rewrote

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Wrote something again in a different or improved form; the past tense of "rewrite."

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She rewrote the essay's introduction three times before submitting it.

The team rewrote the software from scratch after the security breach.

A note on using this word

"Rewrote" is the simple past tense; the past participle is "rewritten."

Words with a similar meaning

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