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reword

American  
[ree-wurd] / riˈwɜrd /

verb (used with object)

  1. to put into other words.

    to reword a contract.

  2. to repeat.


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

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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

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.

From Salon

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