REDEFINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does redefine mean? 

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

1. give a new or different definition to

2. give a new or different definition of (a word)

  Familiarity information: REDEFINE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDEFINE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they redefine    ... he / she / it redefines   
Past simple: redefined   
Past participle: redefined   
-ing form: redefining   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give a new or different definition to

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

She redefined his duties

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

define; delimit; delimitate; delineate; specify (determine the essential quality of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

redefinition (the act of giving a new definition)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give a new or different definition of (a word)

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

define (give a definition for the meaning of a word)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

redefinition (the act of giving a new definition)