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 that would require an interpretive vision that the cuts, rearrangements and distracting instances of rewording fail to supply.

From Los Angeles Times

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