to redefine

Examples

• All

• You can redefine your product on-screen with my software.

  Single White Female (1992)

• A string of huge hits that redefined what video games could be.

• And what if you redefine what we call failure?

  Evan Carmichael

• We need to redefine winning.

  Woodlawn (2015)

• We need to fundamentally redefine who it is that experts are.

• West Side Story redefined the American musical.

  Maestro (2023)

• Multiculturalism therefore began as a program to redefine an American national identity.

  Academic text (2013)

• Reconstruction forced residents to redefine their roles within their households and communities.

  Academic text (2008)

• Public pressure is mounting, however, to redefine America's relationship with Japan primarily along economic lines.

  Academic text (1992)

• The new research aims to redefine the boundaries of artificial intelligence.

Synonyms

C

to change

vsto redefine

∞ 1.0

To make something or someone different

specifically transforms the accepted meaning rather than producing general alteration

R

to reinvent

vsto redefine

102 4.3

Make a thing or person look new and work better

focuses on altering the established meaning rather than on renewal or image

R

to rework

vsto redefine

30 4.0

To change something again to make it better

aims to transform the accepted meaning rather than only revising the work

R

to reframe

vsto redefine

14 4.8

Change the way you think about something to see it in a better way

changes the accepted meaning itself rather than only shifting perspective

R

to reinterpret

vsto redefine

10 5.8

To explain something again in a different way to give it a new meaning

alters the underlying or official meaning rather than only offering a view

R

to reimagine

vsto redefine

9 4.7

Think of something in a new way

concerns changing the fundamental meaning rather than inventing a new form

R

to recast

vsto redefine

9 5.6

Present an idea in a different form or style

seeks to change the core meaning rather than only altering presentation

R

to reformulate

vsto redefine

8 6.1

Express ideas in a new or better way

focuses on altering the core meaning rather than only improving expression

R

to reconceptualize

vsto redefine

• Formal

1 8.1

To think about something in a new way

changes the established sense or core meaning rather than only thinking differently

R

to recontextualize

vsto redefine

• Jargon

1 8.3

Putting something in a new setting changes its meaning

changes the core meaning itself rather than only moving its context

R

to refigure

vsto redefine

1 7.0

To change an idea, story, or image to fit a new setting

targets the core understanding rather than only altering how it looks

R

to respecify

vsto redefine

• Specialized

7.2

To state something again more clearly

changes the core or accepted meaning rather than only clarifying wording

R

to redescribe

vsto redefine

4.4

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

aims to transform the accepted meaning rather than merely restating it

T

to transvalue

vsto redefine

• Jargon

9.9

To change what something means or how people see its worth

revises the ordinary or common meaning rather than applying a specific value frame

Antonyms

M

to maintain

931 3.1

Keep an activity, quality, or schedule going over time

P

to preserve

496 3.4

To keep people and things safe from harm or change

How Thorough

to transform

523 3.4

to redefine

66 4.9

to recast

9 5.6

to reframe

14 4.8

to reinterpret

10 5.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology