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
My advice is to reword the sentence: Somebody forgot a coat.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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
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 ● Mar. 6, 2025
Mr. Danchenko reworded Mr. Dolan’s email and sent it along for inclusion in the Steele dossier.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
Speeches, letters and documents are reworded to be in tone with the rest of the story.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
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 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 ● Mar. 18, 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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