redefine

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ define.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

redefine (third-person singular simple present redefines, present participle redefining, simple past and past participle redefined)

1. (transitive) To define again or differently.
   1. (transitive) To give a new or different definition to (a word).
   2. (transitive, computing) To define a previously defined area of storage etc. in a different manner, e.g. changing it from textual to numeric.
      • 1992, Herman Holtz, Databased Marketing, page 170:

        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.

Derived terms

• redefinition

Translations

to give a new or different definition to a word

• Catalan: redefinir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重新定義 / 重新定义 (chóngxīn dìngyì)

• Czech: předefinovat
• Finnish: määritellä uudelleen
• French: redéfinir (fr)
• Italian: ridefinire (it)
• Polish: przedefiniować (pl) pf, przedefiniowywać impf
• Romanian: redefini (ro)
• Russian: переопределя́ть (ru) impf (pereopredeljátʹ), переопредели́ть (ru) pf (pereopredelítʹ)

to define an area of storage, that has already been defined, in a different manner

• Finnish: määritellä uudelleen
• Maori: tautuhi anō

Anagrams

• fineered, need-fire, needfire

Portuguese

Verb

redefine

1. inflection of redefinir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

redefine

1. inflection of redefinir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative