rework Definition
re·work (rē wʉrk′)
transitive verb
to work again; specif.,
- to rewrite or revise
- to process (something used) for use again
rework Synonyms
rework Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- tale: The new director has laid emphasis on unconscious fears and desires in his reworking of the well-loved fairy tale.
- deposit: The majority of the artifacts were fresh although some were rolled suggesting at least some degree of reworking of the deposit.
- theme: Like many of today's fashions however, it was nothing new, just a rework of an earlier theme.
- song: The text of this song is a reworking of a song from 1707 about the Treaty of Union to which I added the tune.
- story: The following three hundred years saw the working at reworking of the original story.
- text: Professional theater ' In professional theater I have focussed mainly on reworking of classic texts ' .
Object
- myth: Seneca's blood-stained tragedies reworked Greek myths, arguing for a return to stoic values.
- version: A reworked version for another label was issued the following year.
- tune: May 18, 1996: TCS relaunches with an " Ice " graphics package, and a slightly reworked theme tune.
- classic: Moving from original material to reworking classics such as " Prince Charming " by Adam and The Ants.
- song: Tonight he's reworked a popular song into the Viagra song complete with close to the bone lyrics.
- theme: This Gothic was adapted by Hollywood, above all in reworking the vampire theme.
Infinitive complement
make: The themes have been reworked to make it easier for the reader to identify the part of the strategy that relates to them personally.
Modifying Another Word
- radically: It radically reworks old tunes and breathes new life into songs with haunting and revealing results.
- extensively: It had originally been conceived for harpsichord, but had been extensively reworked for clavichord.
- thoroughly: No support for a study on this topic unless thoroughly reworked.
- completely: Improved output quality, with rework almost completely eliminated.
- heavily: Thus skeletal elements which have been transported distances along river beds or streams will appear similar to those from heavily reworked deposits.
- totally: The line's totally reworked look is devoted to aficionados of the Ducati Corse style.
Preposition: in
way: MS: Could either of you envisage Upstairs, Downstairs being revived, remade, reworked in any way?
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