redevelop
Americanverb (used with object)
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redevelops,
present (3rd person singular)
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redeveloped,
past participle, past
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redeveloping
present participle
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to develop (something) again.
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Photography. to submit (a film or the like) to a second development, as to intensify or tone it.
verb (used without object)
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redevelops,
present (3rd person singular)
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redeveloped,
past participle, past
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redeveloping
present participle
verb
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to rebuild or replan (a building, area, etc)
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photog to develop (a negative or print) for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc
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to develop (something) again
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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redevelopsimple
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redevelopssimple
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have redevelopedperfect
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has redevelopedperfect
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am redevelopingprogressive
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are redevelopingprogressive
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is redevelopingprogressive
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have been redevelopingperfect progressive
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has been redevelopingperfect progressive
Past
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redevelopedsimple
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had redevelopedperfect
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was redevelopingprogressive
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were redevelopingprogressive
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had been redevelopingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of redevelop
Example Sentences
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The company said half of the space in the Trafford Park building was unused and it would have cost too much to redevelop the site.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Despite state and local policies aimed at making it harder to redevelop these parks, sky-high housing prices have put huge pressure on park owners to sell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
He has pledged to redevelop a swath of the National Mall into a “National Garden of American Heroes” that could reportedly feature dining facilities, an amphitheater, and hundreds of statues of famous Americans.
From Slate ● May 18, 2026
The group, which primarily produces its liquor in Latvia, bought up the depleted Cedar Creek Quarry in Bardstown, Ky., and planned to redevelop it into the Kentucky Owl Park.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
“It’s when wealthy people come into a neighborhood to redevelop it to increase its value. It usually pushes out people and businesses that have been around for a long time.”
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
Brookfield hopes to retain that vibe as it redevelops Pier 70 in partnership with the Port of San Francisco.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
In the wake of massive anti-racism protests in 2020, the city transferred the station to Africatown, which redevelops land with a focus on preserving the city’s Black community.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
Each neighborhood she redevelops will have an oversight board run by existing residents as well as a “collective,” a mix of those residents and people who hope to buy into the neighborhood.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2021
In the San Francisco Bay Area town of Richmond, a real estate investment firm is looking to add as many as 9,600 homes when it redevelops the struggling Hilltop Mall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2017
Beach Front buys and redevelops properties and also manages properties it doesn’t own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2015
Hasegawa wants to see the base at Futenma redeveloped into homes and businesses, believing it will bring jobs in construction and other economic benefits “so that Okinawa can be a source of pride,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
It owns that property at 520 N. Glendale Ave., a former hardware store that Erewhon purchased in 2024 and redeveloped.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
Bikers and wheelchair users have said a redeveloped two-mile section of a bridle path along the River Dee is not accessible to everyone.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
The Home Office said Campsfield had undergone a £70m refurbishment and was "redeveloped to high security standards".
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
Within two days, Garfield redeveloped the same symptoms: high fever, profuse sweating, chills, vomiting.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
At the time, Labour's deputy leader Jack Hemmingway said the government was providing £17.9m towards redeveloping the area, describing it as "a once in a generation opportunity to transform the city centre".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Sherrill said he supports redeveloping the Safeway into housing, noting that the mayor’s zoning plan would have allowed for an “extremely dense,” four-story development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
The seller was Overton Moore Properties, which paid $115 million for the site in 2020 before redeveloping it for Amazon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
In recent months, the president has zeroed in on redeveloping Washington’s public golf courses, with East Potomac at the top of his list.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
She was redeveloping Martin's expression when she had opened the door of her bedroom the night of her marriage and let him out.
From Who Cares? a story of adolescence by Cosmo Hamilton
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