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REDO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: redid    , redone   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Do over, as of (part of) a house

Example:

We are remodeling these rooms

Synonyms:

reconstruct; redo; remodel

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "redo" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make new

Example:

She is remaking her image

Synonyms:

make over; redo; refashion; remake

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "redo" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "redo"):

recast; reforge; remodel (cast or model anew)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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