🔤 To relabel parts 🚚 To update letters

to reletter

1 7.0

Put new letters on signs or vehicles to show new writing

verb
/ˌriːˈlɛtər/

: reetiquetar

After the merger, the company relettered all its delivery vans with the new branding.

Examples

When the address changed, they had to reletter the mailbox to show the new number.
The museum relettered the old sign to make it easier to read for visitors.
They need to reletter the sign.
The company reletters its vehicles every year.
The city workers will reletter the billboard to feature the new advertisement.
After the store changed management, they decided to reletter the side of the building with updated branding.
To reflect the recent changes, the committee will reletter the event schedule posted in the lobby.

Synonyms

to retype

vsto reletter

3 2.7

Type something again to correct or update it

focuses on applying new letters onto physical surfaces rather than keyboard entry

to reinscribe

vsto reletter

1 7.9

To write or carve words again so they are clear and readable

updates or replaces existing wording rather than just restoring legibility

Antonyms

to remove

∞ 1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

to erase

19 1.6

Remove marks, writing, or digital files so they are no longer visible

How Complete

to reletter

1 7.0

to update

470 2.8

to touch up

26 3.8

Surface Forms

reletter infinitive

relettered past

relettered past participle

relettering present participle

reletters third person singular

Morphology

reletter = letter (transparent) = re + letter

If a learner knows the verb 'letter', 'reletter' clearly means to letter something again with new lettering.

Etymology

Reletter is made of the parts re- 'again' and letter 'a written sign', so to reletter a sign, van, or mailbox is to put new letters on it to update or replace the old wording.