to refashion
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4.9
- verb
- /ˌriːˈfæʃən/
:
reformar
- The designer aimed to refashion the outdated dress into a trendy style.
- effort to refashion
- refashion her public image
- refashioned her life
They have to be fundamentally refashioned, and that will take time.
- They have to be fundamentally refashioned, and that will take time.
- I went from refashioning fashion to have fashion refashion me.
Examples
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He decided to refashion the old chair into a modern piece of furniture.
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Reading and publishing poetry also enabled Eliot to refashion her public image.
Academic text (2016) -
Others draw on or refashion this authority for their own critical ends.
Academic text (1992) -
We can decide to refashion them, but it would never be the same as those in the collections.
Academic text (2002) -
And they urge us to rethink the past in the present and refashion the future.
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At the same time, poetry allowed her to elevate her literary standing and refashion her public image.
Academic text (2016) -
They have to be fundamentally refashioned, and that will take time.
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As workers struggled to make sense of these changes, they refashioned their identities of class, ethnicity, and gender.
Academic text (2000) -
Nietzsche is thus refashioned in the image of Kant.
Academic text (1995) -
Since the 1990s, hip-hop music and styles have refashioned urban African youths' conceptions of life.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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1.0
To make something or someone different
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3.4
Change something a lot so it looks or works very differently
493
2.5
To change something slightly or become different
102
4.3
Make a thing or person look new and work better
56
4.4
Organize something in a new way so it works better
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5.4
Change the order or settings of something to fit new needs
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3.5
To make something again in a new or better way
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3.5
To change the form of something so it looks different
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2.1
Do something again to fix mistakes or make it better
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3.7
To change the shape and look of something, usually a room or building
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7.0
Form something again after it has been destroyed or changed
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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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3.6
To become a different shape
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5.9
Change a plan or system to make it work better
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7.5
To change something into a different form or material
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4.1
Change how something looks or works to improve it
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3.9
To become a different shape or look
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9.9
To change something into a very different form, often as if by magic
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3.9
To change the style of something, for example hair or clothes
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4.6
To change how something is shaped or how it works
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6.0
Arrange parts again in a new way, like a picture or song
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7.6
Make something again by melting and shaping it or by changing it a lot
1
7.0
To change an idea, story, or image to fit a new setting
To change the appearance or design to make it more modern
To bring parts or people back together to make something whole again
Change something into a different form or nature
Antonyms
How Different
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Refashion joins re- meaning 'again' and fashion meaning 'to make' or 'shape', the same root you see in fashion for clothes. So, to refashion something is to make it again in a new form, like turning an old dress into a modern one.