(v. t.) To alter the wording of; to restate in other words; as, to reword an idea or a passage.
Example Sentences:
(1) In addition, a new dosage concepts has been introduced on the basis of the effective dose on the lines of the recommendations by the IRCP; as a result, the definitions of radiation protection areas and of dosage limit values had to be revised and reworded.
(2) There were signs on Wednesday night that the Scottish government was shifting ground by agreeing to allow the commission to independently try out the question on voters, suggesting it could be reworded to make it more neutral.
(3) Support was provided for rewording burnout questions from the human services scales for private sector research.
(4) This motto--which is merely a rewording of the command to "love thy neighbor as thyself"--is compatible with man's natural structure, and although it is based on altruistic egoism, it could hardly be attacked as unethical.
(5) The remaining 36 young offenders were given at retest a version of the SADD reworded to eradicate difficult words and ambiguous items.
(6) Based upon several TTS experiments showing that TTS reaches an asymptote after about 8 h of exposure, the third CHABA postulate can be reworded to state the hypothesis that ATS produced by sound of fixed level and spectrum represents an upper bound on PTS produced by that sound regardless of the exposure duration or the number of times exposed.
(7) In 1990, the statement was superseded by a second "Statement on Abortion," which essentially reworded the 1971 statement with no substantive change.
(8) The original questionnaire by Schwenk et al was administered to one half of the sample of patients, while the other half completed a reworded questionnaire asking what they "want" in the area of psychosocial help, as opposed to what they think their family physician "would" do (the original wording).
(9) But such a rule puts the scientists in a difficult position, and Santer had the unenviable job of rewording his chapter to reflect the wording of the political summary.
(10) According to this rule, Psalms (120:5), Isaiah (6:5), Jeremiah (4:31), and Ophelia should have cried out, "Woe is I," and the cartoon possum Pogo should have reworded his famous declaration as "We have met the enemy, and he is we."
(11) • This article was amended on 1 January 2013, rewording a previously ambiguous sentence that could have been taken to imply that rickets and scurvy were communicable diseases.
(12) This sentence has now been reworded to reflect the author's original intent.
(13) Halpern’s team reworded the email sent to all candidates that congratulated them on passing the previous stage to include a request for them to “take some time to think about why you want to be a police constable” before moving on to the next test.
(14) Most of the changes applied by the nudge unit are tiny: a text message, rewording a letter, a personalised email.
(15) They tested some of the same questions throughout, which is important because merely rewording a question – even when describing the same policy – can cause major differences in results.
(16) But, to reword the question, would such a legislation automatically result in therapeutic benefits?
(17) It is suggested that a clearer definition of committal criteria and a rewording of the medical certificate may aid physicians in completing commitment documentation.
(18) Thus, the SADD is shown to be reliable over time and the reworded SADD is a satisfactory alternative to the original SADD with this population.
(19) It also reworded its position on the plans, saying it would consult on the "best" counselling options for women but that the outcome was not a foregone conclusion.
(20) But a group of up to 30 Conservative MPs are threatening to back a reworded amendment to the immigration bill to allow more to reach the UK in another vote next Monday.