rework
Americanverb (used with object)
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reworks,
present (3rd person singular)
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reworked,
past participle, past
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rewrought,
past participle (Archaic)
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reworking
present participle
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to work or form again.
to rework gold.
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to revise or rewrite.
to rework an essay.
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to process again or anew for reuse.
to rework wool.
noun
verb
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to use again in altered form
the theme has been reworked in countless well-known poems
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to rewrite or revise
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to reprocess for use again
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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reworksimple
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reworkssimple
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have reworkedperfect
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have rewroughtperfect
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has reworkedperfect
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has rewroughtperfect
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am reworkingprogressive
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are reworkingprogressive
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is reworkingprogressive
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have been reworkingperfect progressive
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has been reworkingperfect progressive
Past
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reworkedsimple
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had reworkedperfect
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had rewroughtperfect
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was reworkingprogressive
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were reworkingprogressive
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had been reworkingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of rework
Example Sentences
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The label said the collection sought to upend "traditional notions of chic" and rework historical silhouettes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“They took the opportunity during the shutdown to rework the enterprise, to come out as a better, more profitable business,” Monroe said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
The maker of software-development tools said weeks ago that layoffs were coming as it looked to remove layers of management from certain parts of its business and rework its research-and-development teams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
To rework Karl Marx’s famous maxim, sometimes historical events can be tragedy and farce at the same time, and repeat themselves in the same register.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
Now the CIA and military had a few days to rework it.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
A Workday study from January, meanwhile, showed that of the seven hours gained each week from AI productivity, nearly three were given back by corrections and reworks.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
And in the long run, as the company reworks its manufacturing processes, the company says the new diaper may end up being cheaper to make than older models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Her body-conscious designs range from feminine upcycled miniskirts to sporty football jersey reworks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2024
This includes contributing guitar on the sizzling new Duran Duran single "Black Moonlight," a collaboration with Nile Rodgers that sounds like a stone-cold disco-funk classic, and on reworks of several older Duran Duran tracks.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2023
It is but the man that dies, the Universal Whole of which he is part reworks him into its inmost self.
From The Story of an African Farm, a novel by Olive Schreiner
While some are being reworked by zama zamas, many are filled with acidic water that contributes to sinkholes, said mining expert David van Wyk.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The lyrics were reworked for the soundtrack to her 1992 romantic comedy film, Straight Talk.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The advice and tactics that helped build software companies for years suddenly needed to be reworked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
There are repeated gags about Allie’s job singing covers of popular songs reworked for pharmaceutical companies and almost too many celebrity cameos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Not long ago, a group of psychologists reworked the divorce prediction test that I found so overwhelming.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Striking, also, was the effect of this idea as rewrought by the early Ionian philosophers, to whom it was probably transmitted from the Chaldeans through the Phoenicians.
From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White
Society shall yet be rewrought and born again.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
By reworking classic tracks and cleverly remixing songs to accommodate absent members, the group relied on pyrotechnics, their signature live band and sheer stage presence rather than elaborate staging.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
This reworking of Rein Me In, from Fender's third studio album, the Mercury Prize-winning People Watching, features an extra verse about the breakdown of a relationship from a female perspective, from Dean.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
"As we stand on the edge of our 250th year of independence, I am thrilled to declare that America is back," Trump said, reworking a familiar rallying cry.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Custer learned to be patient, sometimes reworking her instructions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
She laid the red skirt from her fortune-teller costume into her basket, along with some pretty plaid material she was reworking into a new gown.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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