revamp
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
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
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.
Vocabulary lists containing revamp
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Example Sentences
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Appeared in the September 30, 2025, print edition as 'FEMA Revamp Paralyzes Recoveries'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025
"They have a fire in their belly," he adds, giving the example of Revamp Motors which pitched a utility electric bike aimed at gig workers on the show.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2022
The company is also set to roll out an Among Us-like game on Snapchat, called Revamp.
From The Verge • Jan. 10, 2022
Revamp the Emerson Act, which governs food donations, “to make it easier for food donations from retailers, restaurants and individuals to be made without the threat of lawsuits.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021
Chad Thomas, a vice president and associate broker with the brokerage Mark David & Company, used both the Renew and Revamp services to market a 4,300-square-foot loft space at 424 Broadway.
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2011
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