redefine

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To define again or differently. transitive
    — But only if one forgets that Mr. Tester is 50 years old, he’s seasoned in state politics, he ran a canny, gloves-off campaign, and he’s the kind of charismatic, hard-to-peg, Western neopopulist (like his friend, Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana) who might be, even now, redefining in certain far-reaching ways what it means to be a Democrat.
  2. To define again or differently.; To give a new or different definition to (a word). transitive
  3. To define again or differently.; To define a previously defined area of storage etc. in a different manner, e.g. changing it from textual to numeric. transitive
    — Next the "key redefiner" software came along. These were special programs that could "redefine" the keys on your keyboard , while still permitting you the normal use of the keys.

词形变化

redefines present,singular,third-person redefining participle,present redefined participle,past redefined past

词汇关系

衍生词
redefinable redefiner redefinition unredefined

词源

From re- + define.
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