redesign
Britishverb
noun
Explanation
To change the way something looks or functions is to redesign it. If you use a wheelchair, you might need to redesign your new apartment to make it easier to get around. An architect might redesign a school building so it meets the current codes for being accessible — adding elevators, ramps, and new bathrooms, for example. Or you might redesign your dorm room, simply by moving the furniture around and attaching a disco ball to the ceiling. Clothing designers, in turn, sometimes redesign old favorites, like when they redesign jeans so they have a higher waist or a slimmer fit.
Example Sentences
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If it’s not the ballroom redesign, he’s pretty over it.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
If approved, the cap would go into effect in the fall of 2027, not this coming fall, so professors have time to redesign coursework.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Woods was scheduled to attend the opening of “The Patch,” a municipal golf course in Augusta that he helped redesign.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
"But if these companies are forced to redesign their products, that poses an existential threat to their business models."
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
During this period of redesign, researchers faced an additional and even bigger setback.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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