to refigure
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7.0
- verb
- /ˌriːˈfɪɡjər/
:
reinterpretar
- After receiving feedback, the team refigured their strategy to improve the project's outcomes.
But he really refigures what the philosophical life is about and what the point of doing philosophy was.
- But he really refigures what the philosophical life is about and what the point of doing philosophy was.
Examples
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The artist decided to refigure the sculpture to fit the new exhibition theme.
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Tracing it to Jefferies back-dates it by half a century and, more importantly, refigures its relationship to both literary and scientific history.
Academic text (2018) -
And then that valley is refigured as a mouth, an open mouth, I'm sure.
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But he really refigures what the philosophical life is about and what the point of doing philosophy was.
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This dramatically refigures all districts, with generally positive results.
Blog text (15) -
Theories are constantly being refigured, and new research frequently renders old ideas outdated or incomplete.
Blog text (10) -
In appropriating high culture in this fashion, the commercial opens up a terrain that refigures the sign of Shakespeare as something outside, in uneasy alliance with, or in excess of heterosexuality.
Fiction book (1994) -
Narrating and enacting her own desires, she refigures the patriarchal (pornographic) film narratives that had previously rendered her an object within the Rocket System.
Academic text (2017) -
Lest the dynamism of the Pende mask trouble those accustomed to regarding masks through the simile of Western sculpture or painting, let us demystify it by refiguring the model of analysis.
Academic text (1995) -
In her new book, she refigures ancient myths to explore modern themes of identity.
Synonyms
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4.3
Make a thing or person look new and work better
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2.9
Change something from one form to another
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4.9
To give something a new meaning that changes how people see it
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3.5
To make something again in a new or better way
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3.7
To change the shape and look of something, usually a room or building
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4.8
Change the way you think about something to see it in a better way
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5.8
To explain something again in a different way to give it a new meaning
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4.7
Think of something in a new way
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5.6
Present an idea in a different form or style
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6.1
Express ideas in a new or better way
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4.9
To change something into a new or different form
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4.7
To change and improve an idea, plan, or computer program
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8.3
Putting something in a new setting changes its meaning
To place something in a new context so people see it differently
To describe something again in a different way to make it clearer
To state something again more clearly
To give a person or idea a new place in history
To change what something means or how people see its worth
Change something into a different form or nature
How Altered
Surface Forms
Morphology
refigure = figure (semi-transparent) = re + figure
The prefix 're-' clearly contributes the idea of doing something anew, but this sense depends on the less common verb sense of 'figure' meaning 'represent or shape'.
Etymology
Refigure comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and figure meaning 'shape' or 'form', the same figure you already know in English. So, to refigure something is to 'shape it again' or change the way you show or understand it, as when an artist or writer adapts an old idea.