reword
Americanverb (used with object)
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to put into other words.
to reword a contract.
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to repeat.
verb
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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rewordsimple
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rewordssimple
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have rewordedperfect
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has rewordedperfect
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am rewordingprogressive
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are rewordingprogressive
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is rewordingprogressive
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have been rewordingperfect progressive
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has been rewordingperfect progressive
Past
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rewordedsimple
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had rewordedperfect
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was rewordingprogressive
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were rewordingprogressive
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had been rewordingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of reword
Example Sentences
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I would reword stuff because it would feel a little harsh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Another common use is how to reword a message or how to fix an issue in a relationship.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
So perhaps you should reword that and put yourself in the active position of that sentence.
From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2023
If not, how might you reword the description to make it more accurate?
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
I reword that last bit in my mind, then cut it altogether.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
Lupica pauses, then, on the fly, rewords one of his blurbs about Leonard’s work.
From Washington Post
Here is a substantially reworded, engagement-optimized version for a general audience, with the original facts preserved and a light update in context.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026
The newsroom claimed credit when TeraWulf reworded its marketing materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
The new version of the book differs subtly from the one originally slated for March, with multiple sections revised and reworded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
The newest version of the bill, however, has reworded language around the ratios.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2023
Any sentence that you feel to be in the slightest degree uncertain, or obscure, as to meaning should be reworded so as to leave no doubt whatever as to your meaning.
From The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors by Klickmann, Flora
It was pulled two years later because of “high cost, privacy concerns, and public confusion about its purpose” — a polite rewording of “I look like a dork and everyone thinks I’m awful.”
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
It’s a rewording of a quote from her husband, late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024
The House of Lords also backed rewording the bill to allow legal challenges in cases where an individual felt they had wrongly been labelled an adult.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024
Pérez-Díaz proposed rewording the climate standard to “describe how human activities over the past 150 years, including the release of greenhouse gases, influence climate.”
From Scientific American ● Jun. 26, 2022
But the lady had endless trouble deciding what to say; she kept starting and stopping and rewording what Penelope had already written down, until page after page was ruined and had to be copied afresh.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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