verb
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to adjust the exchange value of (a currency), esp upwards Compare devalue
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(tr) to make a fresh valuation or appraisal of
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Present
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revaluesimple
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revaluessimple
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have revaluedperfect
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has revaluedperfect
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am revaluingprogressive
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are revaluingprogressive
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is revaluingprogressive
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have been revaluingperfect progressive
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has been revaluingperfect progressive
Past
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revaluedsimple
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had revaluedperfect
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was revaluingprogressive
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were revaluingprogressive
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had been revaluingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of revalue
Example Sentences
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Bouts of volatility have rocked various sectors in recent months after new AI advancements pushed investors to revalue companies facing potential disruption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
When, or if, Tesla creates a useful robot, shares will revalue again.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
“If you do not give the IRS enough information, they may decide to revalue the gift in 5, 10, or 20 years down the road,” LSL adds.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 7, 2025
“We have to really revalue water and start to manage and organize and govern it totally differently,” said Henk Ovink, the conference co-chair and the Netherlands’ special envoy for international water affairs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
If at any time we do revalue the values, let us write it down that the person who makes us yawn is a criminal knave, and then we will abolish matrimony and read Plato again.
From Here are Ladies by Stephens, James
Tesla’s stock revalues and sits at new plateaus every time it achieves one of its big goals, such as launching the best-selling car, electric or otherwise, in the world, an achievement of Tesla’s Model Y.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
But if China revalues its currency, companies like Staples would face higher costs and might have to raise prices.
From Reuters ● Jun. 13, 2012
Unless the Chinese government revalues its currency "they're setting up their banking system for collapse," he says.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 6, 2010
If the Bonn government revalues the mark by less than 6%, many experts think that it will still be underpriced.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a generation which holds so lightly by tradition, which revises and revalues all accepted values, these aspirations and beliefs might well drop out of its poetry.
From Recent Developments in European Thought by Various
If investors stopped accepting their earnings adjustments, some would be revalued as loss-making businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
They will get revalued higher as the worst-case scenarios don’t come to pass.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
For the first time in 20 years, homes are being revalued and new bands could be created in attempt to make the system more fair.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2023
Under current rules, a capital asset bequeathed to an heir is revalued to its price at the time of the original owner’s death, extinguishing all tax liability incurred up to that point, forever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Demand for memory in data centers, fueled by artificial intelligence, is driving up chip costs and revaluing Micron shares.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Another portion stems from the bank revaluing assets on its balance sheet it intended to use as a tax shield under the old, higher rate.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2017
For as long as humans have lived with symbols we have created strategies for effacing or revaluing them.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2015
In that time period, the United States has continued to lose manufacturing jobs, raising the question of whether a strong revaluing of the yuan would help save U.S. jobs.
From Reuters ● Oct. 2, 2011
These "Confessions" reveal him in the process of revaluing the values of life and art for himself.
From Confessions of a Young Man by Moore, George (George Augustus)
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