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to redevelop

to redevelop

1 4.7
To change and improve an idea, plan, or computer program
  • verb
  • /ˌriːdɪˈvɛlɪp/
translation icon : reformular
  • Giacomo was immediately interested in finding out how this new technology could be redeveloped for use in analyzing artworks.

And so we needed to course correct and redevelop the pitch for streamers, which was easy in the sense that that was always our intent.

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Examples

  • The city plans to redevelop the old shopping district into a modern retail space that attracts more visitors.

  • And then you have to redevelop them, so you are constantly making changes to your course.

    Academic text (2007)
  • So you go back, you regroup, you redevelop and come back again.

  • "We need to redevelop our club website, but don't have a lot of overhead at the moment to cover an expense like this.

    Blog text (26)
  • Surely someone in the marketing department might have been able to put two and two together to figure out that you can upgrade and redevelop your existing toys?

    Blog text (12)
  • That can be especially difficult in newly emerging democracies where teaching the skills of citizenship and redeveloping a national identity after colonialism are ongoing projects that social studies teachers are expected to lead.

    Academic text (2003)
  • To improve its services, the organization decided to redevelop its training program using the latest teaching methods.

  • After receiving feedback, the team will redevelop the software to enhance user experience and fix existing issues.

Synonyms

to reinvent
vsto redevelop
102 4.3

Make a thing or person look new and work better

stays closer to developing or formulating ideas again rather than radical reinvention
to redefine
vsto redevelop
66 4.9

To give something a new meaning that changes how people see it

is about reworking the idea itself rather than changing its definition only
to redesign
vsto redevelop
56 3.7

Change the look or plan of something, like a website, to make it better

covers developing ideas again in general, not only visual or structural design
to restructure
vsto redevelop
56 4.4

Organize something in a new way so it works better

focuses more on overall development and content than only structural change
to remake
vsto redevelop
52 3.5

To make something again in a new or better way

leans more toward reworking or redeveloping ideas rather than remaking objects
to redo
vsto redevelop
47 2.1

Do something again to fix mistakes or make it better

implies fuller reworking or new development rather than a simple repetition
to rework
vsto redevelop
30 4.0

To change something again to make it better

focuses on full redevelopment rather than just further edits or tweaks
to reconstitute
vsto redevelop
18 7.0

Form something again after it has been destroyed or changed

is broader, including developing ideas again not only rebuilding structure
to reimagine
vsto redevelop
9 4.7

Think of something in a new way

keeps to practical redevelopment rather than a primarily creative rethinking
to reformulate
vsto redevelop
8 6.1

Express ideas in a new or better way

is about developing content again rather than only changing wording
to recreate
vsto redevelop
8 5.3

To make someone or something feel fresh and full of energy

involves creating or developing something again in an improved, revised form
to redraft
vsto redevelop
3 3.5

Write something again to make it better

is broader, applying to development again not only to writing

How Revised

to redevelop
1 4.7
to rework
30 4.0
to revise
179 3.4
to modify
268 3.2
tweak
28 3.9

Surface Forms

redevelop infinitive
redeveloped past participle
redeveloping present participle
redevelops third person singular

Morphology

redevelop = develop (transparent) = re + develop

This is a straightforward case of 're-' meaning 'again' added to 'develop', yielding the sense of developing something again or further.

Etymology

Redevelop is made of re- meaning 'again' and develop meaning 'to make or grow an idea'. So to redevelop a theory is to make it again, often in a new or improved form.