REDO (redid, redone)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: redid    , redone   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does redo mean? 

• REDO (verb)
  The verb REDO has 2 senses:

1. make new

2. do over, as of (part of) a house

  Familiarity information: REDO used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDO (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they redo    ... he / she / it redoes   
Past simple: redid   
Past participle: redone   
-ing form: redoing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make new

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

make over; redo; refashion; remake

Context example:

She is remaking her image

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

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "redo"):

recast; reforge; remodel (cast or model anew)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Do over, as of (part of) a house

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

reconstruct; redo; remodel

Context example:

We are remodeling these rooms

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

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Ask to have the test redone, especially if the test is critical in forming the basis of an impending medical decision.  

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You might publish a book, create or redo your app, start a podcast series, write a screenplay, sell an option on your book, or host a TV or Internet radio show.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you are not changing your space or redoing it in any appreciable way, you may be focused on your children or parents instead.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Do you need to pull out the plumbing to redo things or tear down a wall or put one up?

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you are about to sign papers, hold off signing this month and wait until December to do so, or risk regretting the agreement altogether or later finding a need to redo it completely.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you like your present living space and want to stay there, you can do fun things to perk it up, such as buy a new couch, new rug, or desk, put up shelves, or redo your closets.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)