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REDEFINE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they redefine ... he / she / it redefines
Past simple: redefined
Past participle: redefined
-ing form: redefining
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give a new or different definition of (a word)
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "redefine" is one way to...):
define (give a definition for the meaning of a word)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
redefinition (the act of giving a new definition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Give a new or different definition to
Example:
She redefined his duties
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "redefine" is one way to...):
define; delimit; delimitate; delineate; specify (determine the essential quality of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
redefinition (the act of giving a new definition)
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