English-Dutch translations for rewrite

• herschrijven
  Wil de EU de geschiedenis herschrijven? Does the EU want to rewrite history?
  Je kunt het sociaal contract niet zomaar een-twee-drie herschrijven. You cannot rewrite the social contract overnight.
  We kunnen de geschiedenis echter niet herschrijven. At the same time, however, you cannot rewrite history.
• omwerken
• overschrijven

Definition of rewrite

• The act of writing again or anew
• Something that has been written again
• To write again, differently; to modify (a piece of writing or music, etc
• To write out again (without changes

Examples

• The film script underwent a rewrite for the European market.
• The editor asked me to rewrite my article for a non-technical audience.

Related words

• rewriter
• scorewriter
• rewrite history