REDEVELOPMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does redevelopment mean? 

• REDEVELOPMENT (noun)
  The noun REDEVELOPMENT has 1 sense:

1. the act of improving by renewing and restoring

  Familiarity information: REDEVELOPMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDEVELOPMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of improving by renewing and restoring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

overhaul; redevelopment; renovation

Context example:

a major overhaul of the healthcare system was proposed

Hypernyms ("redevelopment" is a kind of...):

improvement (the act of improving something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "redevelopment"):

face lift; face lifting; facelift (a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes)

Derivation:

redevelop (change the plans for the use of (land))

redevelop (formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis)