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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Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has made it clear he wants to revamp the central bank’s approach to communication.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The new head of 7-Eleven Inc. has a plan to revamp the famed convenience-store chain’s image in North America: Mirror what’s worked in Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
With a £20m revamp to the academy facility planned to be completed by 2028, the determination to carry on producing first team players is stronger than ever.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
When Mike Flanagan decided to revamp Stephen King’s horror classic, he brought Carrie and her mother, Margaret, to the present as they contend with the outside world’s cruelty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Zero was a number that didn’t seem to make any geometric sense, so to include it, the Greeks would have had to revamp their entire way of doing mathematics.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Tinder’s monthly active users in March dropped 7% year-over-year, though its parent company Match Group noted that the rate of decline has been slowing as it revamps the app.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
But with brand revamps, she feels it only really works if it feels "authentic".
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
Target TGT -0.95%decrease; red down pointing triangle is laying off about 500 employees as its new chief executive, Michael Fiddelke, revamps its shopping experience in an attempt to reverse declining sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 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
The possibility of revamps, revivals cannot be overruled entirely be they in similar, related or different fields of interest.
From PoPHILO by Dom
Look for new suites with plush padding, longer lie-flat beds and nifty touches like a hook for your glasses, plus a revamped food and alcohol menu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Apple on Tuesday unveiled HomeView, a voice-driven smart display built around its revamped Siri AI assistant, as the iPhone maker makes a fresh bid for a place in living rooms and kitchens.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Washington has benefited from a revamped receiver group after Maryland ranked among the national leaders in drops last season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Strictly Come Dancing has returned to the small screen for its 24th series, in a new era for the show as it moves forward with a revamped presenting line up.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
By 1951, she had earned the lofty title of aeronautical research scientist, graded GS-9 in the governments revamped rating system.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
And Rome could not simply task a future buyer with revamping the site, he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Using tax-free bond financing, a developer is revamping the upper floor of the two-story building into 24 housing units estimated to cost $1.25 million each.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
As it chases its top competitor, OpenAI has released a series of new models focused on coding and other professional work, and put its president, Greg Brockman, in charge of revamping its product lineup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 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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