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to renumber

to renumber

1 4.0
To give new numbers to pages or list items after changes
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈnʌmbər/
translation icon : renumerar
  • At Denver, a college-level course, Math 109, was later renumbered into a developmental course, Math 099, but continued to fulfill the terminal math requirement for a variety of programs.

Examples

  • A few weeks after 0.23 was released, the 0.20 branch formerly known as 0.20.205 was renumbered 1.0.

    Blog text (10)
  • The program would go through the list, make copies of the template drawings for each page, insert the device blocks, renumber the wires and devices, number the pages, etc.

    Blog text (25)
  • By this time, the bill was renumbered as Bill C-29.

    Academic text (2000)
  • What are we renumbering?

  • Final Article 49 was the renumbered and revised successor to Article 45 of the Stockholm Draft.

    Academic text (2009)
  • A major revision of the OSDH inspection form was made in 1999; items were renumbered, and the designation "critical" was removed.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The Secretariat subsequently made a technical correction to the text appearing on the web page, renumbering this as article 17. See United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Internet Web Site (visited June 18, 1998).

    Academic text (1998)
  • The thought of correcting typos with a keystroke, placing and renumbering footnotes automatically, printing the document at home, and sending it as a file attachment via email would have seemed miraculous.

    Blog text (19)
  • The teacher decided to renumber the chapters in the textbook after updating the content.

  • After the merger, the company had to renumber all employee IDs to avoid duplication.

Synonyms

to number
vsto renumber
35 1.0

To mark items with digits so they are in order

reassigns numbers after changes or additions rather than first labeling items
to reindex
vsto renumber
  • Specialized
1 5.8

To give new numbers or labels to items in lists and databases

is used to assign new numbers to items pages or sections after changes

Surface Forms

renumber infinitive
renumbered past
renumbered past participle
renumbering present participle
renumbers third person singular

Morphology

renumber = number (transparent) = re + number

This is a standard and easily interpretable use of 're-' meaning 'again' or 'anew' with the verb 'number'.

Etymology

Renumber comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the word number meaning 'to give numbers'. So to renumber is to 'number again', which means giving new numbers to pages, items, or sections after changes.