revamp
Americanverb (used with object)
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revamps,
present (3rd person singular)
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revamped,
past participle, past
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revamping
present participle
noun
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revamps
plural
verb
noun
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something that has been renovated or revamped
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the act or process of revamping
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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revampsimple
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revampssimple
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have revampedperfect
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has revampedperfect
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am revampingprogressive
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are revampingprogressive
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is revampingprogressive
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have been revampingperfect progressive
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has been revampingperfect progressive
Past
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revampedsimple
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had revampedperfect
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was revampingprogressive
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were revampingprogressive
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had been revampingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of revamp
Explanation
If you revamp something, you renovate or remake it. You'll have to revamp your vacation plans if the hotel where you were planning to stay has closed for repairs and renovations. The vamp of a shoe or boot is the front part that covers the top of the foot. If that part of your shoe needed repair or replacement, then you would have to revamp it. From this sense, we get the more common meaning of revamp — to restore or fix up. Your favorite hotel might be trying to revamp its image, to reinvent its reputation as a family resort.
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The safety project on Forest Lawn Drive is part of a citywide mobility plan intended to revamp roads, update bike lanes to include protective barriers and reduce speeds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
As Target proceeds with its turnaround plan, the big-box retailer is betting on things like an ambitious grocery-section revamp, more snacks and new Legos.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Burger King executives said Thursday that work to revamp its signature Whopper burger earlier this year helped deliver an 8.5% increase in domestic U.S. same-store sales for the three months ended June 30.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
But that winning combination was broken up starting in May 2012, when Lucey was fired as part of a show revamp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
They pledged to revamp their menus, cutting calories, reducing sodium, and offering healthier options for kids’ meals.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Milan-based Bending Spoons, which went public recently on the Nasdaq, is a conglomerate that acquires and revamps tech businesses, such as AOL, Evernote and Vimeo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Even before winter started, consumer advocates sounded the alarm on higher heating costs in light of torrid electricity demand growth and costly revamps of pipes and other infrastructure that have led to utility rate hikes.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
He has appeared in more than 190 episodes, according to IMDb, and will be among the original stars bidding farewell to the series as it revamps its cast ahead of Season 12.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
Adding Boyd gives Callahan another option as he revamps an offense that ranked 29th in the NFL, averaging a mere 180.4 yards per game.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
The possibility of revamps, revivals cannot be overruled entirely be they in similar, related or different fields of interest.
From PoPHILO by Dom
The exhibition, named Nature and Us, is part of a transformation project called NHM150, which aims to open a new or revamped showcase every year until the museum's 150th anniversary in 2031.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The tournament was revamped last year to include more pairings involving singles players - something that was criticised by a number of doubles specialists.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Federer even recently brought his family to visit Nadal’s revamped tennis academy in Mallorca, and the two played golf together with Federer’s two teen daughters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Company president said the revamped burger was helping win market share; McDonald’s recently overhauled the Big Mac.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Quickly she scrambled over the edge of the strong, revamped crow’s nest and started down the tree.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Repopulation is at the heart of everything Inverclyde Council hopes to achieve, McCabe says, from housing projects and the revamping of school buildings to, perhaps most importantly, job creation.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Warsh has launched five task forces aimed at revamping how the central bank approaches monetary-policy decisions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Riemann’s Ph.D. adviser, the legendary Carl Friedrich Gauss, tasked him with revamping geometry to better handle curved spaces and more dimensions than three.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
The company is revamping its stores and improving its selection, and those moves are resonating with shoppers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
That would lead to an error like the one Bede encountered when revamping the calendar.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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