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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It will look at how entry-level jobs are changing and give businesses advice on how to redesign roles while maintaining routes into the workforce.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Gehry Partners, the architecture firm established by the late Frank Gehry in 2001, released renderings of its redesign, which includes a curving glass canopy above a staircase leading to the Lower Tram entrance.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Strong demand for high performing AI and a physical redesign of the iPhone could bring in new customers and lead existing ones to update their current devices.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
With all the talk about changing the split between internal combustion and electrical energy for next year, do they just need to add a bigger fuel tank or totally redesign the engine?
From BBC • May 26, 2026
During this period of redesign, researchers faced an additional and even bigger setback.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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