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.
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Example Sentences
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In 2024, they failed to make it out of the T20 World Cup group stage after a defeat by West Indies but Knight hopes a recent revamp to the current county structure will pay off.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Kenya last year announced an infrastructure splurge, including 50 new hydroelectric dams and 10,000 megawatts of additional power generation within seven years, as well as plans to revamp roads, rail and airports.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
The chip maker’s “long-term survival” depends on how well it can revamp Intel Foundry to support manufacturing chips for customers, he said, but Intel’s not quite there yet.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
The move comes after Starboard urged the used-car retailer’s new chief executive officer, Keith Barr, to revamp its pricing framework, streamline its digital processes, and cut costs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 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
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