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reverse-engineer

[ ri-vurs-en-juh-neer ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to study or analyze (a device, as a microchip for computers) in order to learn details of design, construction, and operation, perhaps to produce a copy or an improved version.


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Other Words From

  • reverse engineering noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of reverse-engineer1

First recorded in 1955–60
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Example Sentences

If we reverse-engineer the progress of the Boeing 777 from this single moment of clarity, where does it begin to get complicated?

But chefs say their motives are mainly educational: They use them to reverse-engineer their own versions.

Anyone can reverse-engineer a terrific dish , and recreate it elsewhere—whether they attribute it to the original chef or not.

This requires that they effectively reverse-engineer the well-documented al-Qaeda plot to bring down the Twin Towers.

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