REVALUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does revalue mean? 

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

1. gain in value

2. value anew

  Familiarity information: REVALUE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REVALUE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they revalue    ... he / she / it revalues   
Past simple: revalued   
Past participle: revalued   
-ing form: revaluing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gain in value

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

appreciate; apprise; apprize; revalue

Context example:

The yen appreciated again!

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

increase (become bigger or greater in amount)

Verb group:

appreciate; apprise; apprize (increase the value of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

revaluation (a new appraisal or evaluation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Value anew

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

revalue the German Mark

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

rate; value (estimate the value of)

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

appreciate; apprise; apprize (increase the value of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

revaluation (a new appraisal or evaluation)

 Context examples 

He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)