Rework

Quick meaning: Rework is a noun meaning The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.

Meaning

The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.

More Meanings

1. (in particular, food manufacturing) Taking unsaleable food and using it in the manufacture of other food.
2. Something redone, corrected or rebuilt.
3. (countable) An instance of reworking.
4. To redo, correct, or rebuild.
5. Work done to correct defects associated with a deliverable product, plus any root cause analysis effort to identify the task(s) to be re-performed.

Example Sentences

They received the rework back from the shop.

The schedule has been pushed back because of the rework.

You'll have to rework the crank assembly to incorporate the changes.

Most product returns to the top retailers in the USA (either direct from the consumer or through non-sales) will be taken back by the original suppliers for rework or disposal.

Word Forms

• reworks
• reworking
• reworked
• rewrought

Synonyms for rework

Depending on context, synonyms include retread, make over.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include make over, retread, reformulate, re-engineering, retool, rewrite.

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