To work on something again in order to alter, develop or improve it.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- rework a passage
- rework a design
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The passage was reworked so that the contrast emerged through action rather than explanation.
The designer reworked the arrangement while keeping the central materials.
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Word forms
- Base
- rework
- Past tense
- reworked
- Past participle
- reworked
- Present participle
- reworking
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- rework
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reworking
- Present perfect
- have/has reworked
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reworking
- Past
- reworked
- Past continuous
- was/were reworking
- Past perfect
- had reworked
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reworking
- Future
- will rework
- Future continuous
- will be reworking
- Future perfect
- will have reworked
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reworking
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: rework; reworks; reworked; reworked; reworking Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: narrative transformation, conception and possibility, memory representation, anticipatory detail. Disciplines: literary writing, advanced general English, narrative analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reworks.
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