redo

verb

re·​do (ˌ)rē-ˈdü How to pronounce redo (audio)

transitive verb

1
: to do over or again
2
redo
ˈrē-ˌdü How to pronounce redo (audio)
ˌrē-ˈdü
noun

Examples of redo in a Sentence

Let's hope we don't have to redo our paperwork. I want to redo the kitchen and put in new cabinets and new appliances.
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That lack of innovation in commercial technology contributes to outdated documentation and errors in tasks that then have to be redone as well as administrative drag. Diana Olick, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025 Those plans called for communal bathrooms and showers and had to be redone to add individuals bathrooms to the units, Howard said. Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2025 Bogosian, a cynical journalist in his 70s with Parkinson’s disease and a long history of drug and alcohol abuse whose interview with Louis in 1973 ends with him being attacked and is later summoned to redo their interview. Peter White, Deadline, 26 July 2025 Last year, a judge in Yolo County dismissed a lawsuit from the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the River, and other groups who sued, claiming the project’s environmental impact report was inadequate and needed to be redone. Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for redo

Word History

First Known Use

1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of redo was in 1597

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“Redo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redo. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

redo

verb
re·​do (ˈ)rē-ˈdü How to pronounce redo (audio)
redid -ˈdid How to pronounce redo (audio) ; redone -ˈdən How to pronounce redo (audio) ; redoing -ˈdü-iŋ How to pronounce redo (audio)
: to do over or again
especially : redecorate

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