redesign
Britishverb
noun
Explanation
To change the way something looks or functions is to redesign it. If you use a wheelchair, you might need to redesign your new apartment to make it easier to get around. An architect might redesign a school building so it meets the current codes for being accessible — adding elevators, ramps, and new bathrooms, for example. Or you might redesign your dorm room, simply by moving the furniture around and attaching a disco ball to the ceiling. Clothing designers, in turn, sometimes redesign old favorites, like when they redesign jeans so they have a higher waist or a slimmer fit.
Example Sentences
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Universities might redesign curricula around anticipated AI displacement rather than the skills employers actually demand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
In an earlier statement, Mather said the new laws would modernise UK aviation and support the redesign of airspace for faster, more efficient flights, while "enhancing aviation safety standards and delivering greater passenger protections".
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Gehry Partners, the architecture firm established by the late Frank Gehry in 2001, released renderings of its redesign, which includes a curving glass canopy above a staircase leading to the Lower Tram entrance.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
William Swan, golf course architect for Swan Golf Designs, says the suggestion that some older courses require a redesign needs to be taken "seriously".
From BBC • May 28, 2026
They were going to design a new main store and redesign every single one of the chain stores—and there were plenty of them, one in almost every town on Long Island.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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