REDEVELOP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does redevelop mean? 

• REDEVELOP (verb)
  The verb REDEVELOP has 3 senses:

1. develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print

2. formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis

3. change the plans for the use of (land)

  Familiarity information: REDEVELOP used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDEVELOP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they redevelop    ... he / she / it redevelops   
Past simple: redeveloped    / redevelopped   
Past participle: redeveloped    / redevelopped   
-ing form: redeveloping    / redevelopping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "redevelop" is one way to...):

develop (make visible by means of chemical solutions)

Domain category:

photography (the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

redevelop; reformulate

Hypernyms (to "redevelop" is one way to...):

develop; explicate; formulate (elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

redevelopment (the act of improving by renewing and restoring)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Change the plans for the use of (land)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "redevelop" is one way to...):

build up; develop (change the use of and make available or usable)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

redevelopment (the act of improving by renewing and restoring)

 Context examples 

The atmosphere redevelops as the surface warms once the moon returns to full sunlight.

(New Research Reveals Fluctuating Atmosphere of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon, NASA)