reword

American  

[ree-wurd] / riˈwɜrd /

verb (used with object)

1. to put into other words.

   to reword a contract.

2. to repeat.

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reword British  

/ riːˈwɜːd /

verb

1. (tr) to alter the wording of; express differently

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Other Word Forms

• unreworded adjective

Etymology

Origin of reword

First recorded in 1590–1600; re- + word

Example Sentences

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 Literature

Another common use is how to reword a message or how to fix an issue in a relationship.

From BBC

Board members also slightly reworded the extended description of what became the Developing label — saying it did not convey that a student at that level was likely to need extra academic support.

From Los Angeles Times

More commonly, iThenticate pointed to passages, often several paragraphs long, in which some words and phrases matched existing texts whereas others were reworded—so-called “mosaic plagiarism.”

From Science Magazine

The changes include allowing the courts to consider the safety of Rwanda and rewording the plans to allow legal challenges in cases where an individual feels they have been wrongly labelled an adult.

From BBC