redevelop

verb

re·​de·​vel·​op ˌrē-di-ˈve-ləp 

redeveloped; redeveloping; redevelops

transitive verb

: to develop again

especially : redesign, rebuild

redeveloper noun

Examples of redevelop in a Sentence

The city has plans to redevelop the neighborhood.

The city has plans to redevelop.

We need to make sure that these problems don't redevelop.

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead, the Port of Oakland announced this week that the Roots are finalists to build a stadium at Howard Terminal, the waterfront site on the estuary that the A’s, ironically, once tried and failed to redevelop. —Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026

The company on Thursday night will be asking the inland wetlands board for a permit to redevelop that half-block of Main Street. —Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2026

The property will now be redeveloped into a business park. —Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Jan. 2026

Developers are expected to invest $325 million during the first phase of redeveloping the central shops, the soccer stadium and all of the associated infrastructure, Gonzalez said. —Sacbee.com, 14 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for redevelop

• develop
• envelop

Kids Definition

redevelop

verb

re·​de·​vel·​op ˌrē-di-ˈvel-əp 

: to develop again

especially : redesign, rebuild

redeveloper noun

redevelopment

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noun