reengineer

verb

re·​en·​gi·​neer (ˌ)rē-ˌen-jə-ˈnir How to pronounce reengineer (audio)
reengineered; reengineering; reengineers

transitive verb

1
: to engineer again or anew : redesign
reengineered the chassis
2
: to reorganize the operations of (an organization) so as to improve efficiency

Examples of reengineer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The latest plot twist in this enduring vehicle’s life story comes courtesy of its designer, Ian Callum, who was commissioned by a collector to reengineer one of the stunt cars into a road-legal example. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 5 July 2024 Some companies can reengineer the workplace to accommodate aging workers. Jonathan Woetzel, Foreign Affairs, 4 May 2015 The apotheosis of such work may be the development of chimeric antigen receptor T cell, or CAR-T, therapies, which debuted in 2017 and reengineer the body's own specialized immune system cells to combat cancers. Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2020 But although Ankara has flirted with intervention during the Astana talks and may at some point opt for limited cross-border deployments, Turkey doesn’t appear to have either the capacity or the commitment to completely reengineer the opposition politics of northwestern Syria. Aron Lund, Foreign Affairs, 15 Sep. 2017 See all Example Sentences for reengineer 

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Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of reengineer was in 1889

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“Reengineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reengineer. Accessed 4 Oct. 2024.

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