Redefine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Redefine is a verb meaning (transitive) To define again or differently.
Meaning
(transitive) To define again or differently.
Example Sentences
Scientists and policy makers from around 60 nations voted unanimously Friday to redefine the kilogram. […] Friday’s vote has permanently redefined the kilogram and sent Le Grand K into retirement.
But only if one forgets that Mr. Tester is 50 years old, he’s seasoned in state politics, he ran a canny, gloves-off campaign, and he’s the kind of charismatic, hard-to-peg, Western neopopulist (like his friend, Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana) who might be, even now, redefining in certain far-reaching ways what it means to be a Democrat.
Word Forms
- redefines
- redefining
- redefined
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reconfigure, restructure, reengineer, reformulate, restructuring, reshape.
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