reword

[ree-wurd]

verb (used with object)

1. to put into other words.

   to reword a contract.

2. to repeat.

reword

/ riːˈwɜːd /

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• unreworded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of reword¹

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.

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

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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.

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But after the Trump administration reworded the ban's language and expanded the list of affected countries to include North Korea and Venezuela, it was allowed to go into effect.

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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.”

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