remodel
Americanverb (used with object)
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remodels,
present (3rd person singular)
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remodeled,
past participle, past
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remodelled,
past participle, past (especially British)
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remodeling,
present participle
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remodelling
present participle (especially British)
verb
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to change or alter the structure, style, or form of (something)
expand and remodel the kitchen
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to model again in clay, wax, etc; remould
noun
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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remodelsimple
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remodelssimple
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have remodeledperfect
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have remodelledperfect
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has remodeledperfect
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has remodelledperfect
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am remodelingprogressive
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am remodellingprogressive
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are remodelingprogressive
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are remodellingprogressive
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is remodelingprogressive
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is remodellingprogressive
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have been remodelingperfect progressive
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have been remodellingperfect progressive
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has been remodelingperfect progressive
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has been remodellingperfect progressive
Past
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remodeledsimple
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remodelledsimple
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had remodeledperfect
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had remodelledperfect
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was remodelingprogressive
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was remodellingprogressive
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were remodelingprogressive
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were remodellingprogressive
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had been remodelingperfect progressive
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had been remodellingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of remodel
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He also said that, following the return of rail operators to public ownership, he wanted to "remodel the rail fares so that we can get more public benefit for people".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Kitchen renovations are the most common type of remodel, and they’re usually the priciest, with homeowners spending a median of $24,000 on kitchen projects in 2025, according to the 2026 U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
"The encouraging part is that you really can learn to multitask. There is actually a way to remodel your brain architecture and use other parts of your brain."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
The change represented by the inaugural installation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new David Geffen Galleries goes far beyond a remodel.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
“Only yesterday you were saying how busy you are and now you’re helping remodel the Boston house?”
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
The company eventually halted some remodels and parted ways with a marketing firm it had worked with on the new logo, and streamlined leadership.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
These findings suggest that exercise remodels the heart's nerve network in different ways on each side.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Same-store-sales growth reaccelerated to almost 3% for 2025 through store remodels and digital partnerships for customer orders.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
There’s plenty of variety here: Small project properties still sell in the $600,000 range, while larger remodels or well-kept Craftsmans can go for as much as $1.7 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
It creates, changes and remodels the earth upon which it is to live.
From The Rosicrucian Mysteries An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings by Max Heindel
“Pristine, completely remodeled, two-story warm Contemporary done with great taste and quality at the end of a quiet, flat cul-de-sac street in a desirable Brentwood Hills location,” the description begins.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
“Additional updates throughout the home include refinished hardwood floors, fresh interior paint, new carpeting, and a remodeled guest bathroom,” the description notes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
To meet the strong demand from the wealthiest customers, Caesars just remodeled its two palatial presidential suites and 29 “sky villas” that start at $1,500 a night for a one-bedroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
“We’re not trying to sell cars here,” Tom Taira, Carvana’s president of special projects, told reporters at its recently remodeled Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram store in Dallas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Goebbels had promptly remodeled and expanded the house—the hundred-year-old former palace of the marshals of the Prussian court—to make it even grander than it had been.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis insisted that the venue chosen, a remodelled university lecture hall in the central city of Larissa, was one of the two biggest courtrooms in Greece.
From Barron's ● Mar. 23, 2026
Inside, newly seated designer Maria Grazia Chiuri showed a collection that included "remodelled" furs, or old furs reworked.
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
In the midst of the World Cup, a remodelled WXV Global Series was unveiled to give women's rugby's top nations more freedom to carve out fixture lists and rivalries that keep interest high.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
Penrhyn Castle, as well as remodelled Ashford Castle, were built to appear older "for industrialists who made a fortune during the Victorian era".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
The very ancient church-tower still "rises dark from the stony enclosure of its yard;" the church itself has been remodelled and much of its romantic interest destroyed.
From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen) Wolfe
After getting fired, Eatherly pivoted, creating his own remodeling business, named after his initials, DLE Contracting.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Home-improvement retailers rely on housing turnover to drive sales, since homeowners often undertake remodeling projects before selling or after buying a home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
MarketWatch spoke to homeowners, remodeling experts, real-estate agents and interior designers to find out.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
He had spent more than a decade remodeling homes as a general contractor and also had experience in metal fabrication from a job building race cars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
So he and his crew are doing that, and remodeling the inner office, installing some cabinets, painting the vents.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
That includes the remodelling and revival of the old capital, Diriyah, in Riyadh and the massive state-of-the-art theme park Six Flags Qiddiya City, also near the Saudi capital.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Preparations include transferring some adult inmates to other facilities, building classrooms and remodelling cells.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026
The paper "ER remodelling is a feature of ageing and depends on ER-phagy" was published in Nature Cell Biology in February 2026.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 3, 2026
Plans to fast-track the remodelling of the UK's flight paths could lead to quicker flights and fewer delays for passengers, the government says.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2025
We may easily perceive that there were two ways of remodelling this clumsy state edifice of the middle ages.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. by Gustav Freytag
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