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📝 To update instructions 📄 To replace paperwork 📷 To record again
to redocument

to redocument

7.3
To write new or updated instructions after changes
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈdɒkjʊmənt/
translation icon : redocumentar
  • The company decided to redocument its policies to reflect the new regulations.

Examples

  • Please redocument the changes made to the project.

  • After the system upgrade, the engineers needed to redocument all the technical procedures.

  • She was asked to redocument the training manual following the recent changes in workflow.

  • We need to redocument the entire process after the update.

  • After the software update, the team had to redocument the user manual to reflect the new features.

  • To ensure compliance, we will redocument the safety procedures based on the latest guidelines.

  • The company decided to redocument their processes following feedback from the recent audit.

Synonyms

to redraft
vsto redocument
3 3.5

Write something again to make it better

focuses on producing new or updated explanatory materials after changes
to redevelop
vsto redocument
1 4.7

To change and improve an idea, plan, or computer program

focuses on producing updated explanatory materials rather than reworking underlying ideas
to recompile
vsto redocument
7.0

To make a list or document again with new information

focuses on making updated explanatory materials after changes
to redescribe
vsto redocument
4.4

To describe something again in a different way to make it clearer

aims to create full updated explanatory materials rather than just rewording

How Thorough

to redocument
7.3
to rewrite
112 2.8
to revise
179 3.4
update
753 2.8
to annotate
8 4.8

Surface Forms

redocument infinitive
redocumented past
redocumented past participle
redocumenting present participle
redocuments third person singular

Morphology

redocument = document (transparent) = re + document

This is a regular iterative formation meaning 'document again' or 'document anew' after changes or updates.

Etymology

Redocument combines re- 'again' and document 'paper' or 'record'. So, in this sense it means to make new or updated written guides or instructions after a change.