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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Using that insight together with AI-powered protein redesign, the researchers converted 672 different antibodies into intrabodies capable of targeting important disease-related proteins.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
That premise doesn’t come with a carve-out for whichever branch of government happens to be asking for the redesign.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Developers say factories, hospitals and offices have all been designed around people, and so they may eventually be able to work in different environments without the need to redesign workplaces around automation.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The organization has partnered with the city on the campus’ redesign since 2012, when planning began to incorporate a vacant lot adjoining the towers into the campus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
We were early enough in the redesign process that we were working with the door open.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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