to refigure
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6.0
- verb
- /ˌriːˈfɪɡjər/
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recalcular
- They had to refigure the budget after realizing their previous estimates were too low.
Examples
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This incongruity was unacceptable to my principal, and I was forced to refigure my students' grades and reissue their report cards.
Academic text (2004) -
Every morning he reread, recomputed, and refigured the grams of fiber to the grams of salt and fat.
Fiction book (2002) -
Come on, let's refigure this out!
Blog text (24) -
The critical objective, then, would be to refigure the self in more comprehensively social terms.
Academic text (1990) -
The "hoppy lads" offensive against the police barracks points to the symbolic value of O'Brien's refigured prosthesis, which becomes the engine of an invading force rather than a sign of physical incapacity.
Academic text (2017) -
After receiving the new data, the team decided to refigure the sales projections for next quarter.
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The accountant will refigure the taxes to reflect the recent changes in the law.
Synonyms
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3.6
To calculate numbers again to correct or update them
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4.4
To examine something again using new information to check for mistakes
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7.8
To change something a little so it works better
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4.9
To calculate something again to update or correct it
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8.1
To calculate numbers again and show them in rows and columns after a mistake
To make a new guess about cost or time after getting new information
To find or decide something again after checking it
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Morphology
Etymology
Refigure comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and figure meaning 'number' or 'shape', the same figure you already know in English. So, to refigure is to 'work out the numbers again', which is why we use it when we recalculate a report or budget.