REDEVELOP Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

redevelop

verb

Definition of redevelop

as in to redesign

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as in to rebuild

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Recent Examples of redevelop Another round of storms could redevelop Thursday night into Friday morning, which the city identified as the greatest period of concern. — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2026 De Jong plans to redevelop the building with 25 housing units, in a mix of studios, one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms, alongside resident amenities and a commercial space on the first floor, plans show, while restoring historic features. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026 That way the property is kept up until the owner is ready to redevelop it in the future. — Debbie Elliott, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026 The project, set to be finished in about 15 years, will redevelop parking lots around the United Center into thousands of residences, plus businesses and the concert hall. — Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for redevelop

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More than once, a board told its stakeholders early and plainly that I had been hired to redesign the business and that the directors stood behind the changes.

— Anna Maria Chavez, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
So far, around 1,000 existing locations have been redesigned in North America, with Starbucks planning to accelerate the face lifts.

— Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of redesign

Verb

But with a massive 400,000 pounds payout from their insurance company, the couple were able to rebuild their collection into something even grander.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026
Since then, the brand’s vice president and general manager Katie Pruitt has been busy rebuilding the wholesale connections and showcasing the brand and reestablishing roots in the surf and outdoor space.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of rebuild

Verb

However, figures are at times revised higher after ships have moved through the strait, as many switch off their identification systems to try to avoid detection.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
The California Interscholastic Federation, which oversees high school athletics, also revised its rules to ensure that transgender athletes in individual sports do not displace cisgender ones from rankings or medal podiums.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of revise

Verb

Individual fibers can detect curvature along a line, but reconstructing an entire surface presents a greater challenge.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Since then, the 16-foot-by-32-foot church has been reconstructed, after archaeologists in 2021 uncovered the church’s original foundation, as well as 62 graves linked to the congregation.

— Nancy Jiang, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of reconstruct

Verb

The expectations are there for the Bengals, which remodeled their defense and offensive line with the goal of making another Super Bowl run during the Burrow era.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Designed in the mid-1990s by architect Steven Ehrlich and later remodeled by interior designer Michael Lee, the residence offers four bedrooms and six bathrooms in roughly 6,500 square feet.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of remodel

Verb

Building that boundary in from the start is generally easier than retrofitting it after an incident.

— Eshaan Jain, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Another technological difference is that, unlike Waymo, Zoox is building its robotaxi from the ground up instead of retrofitting an existing car.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of retrofit

Verb

In this book, which was not published in his lifetime, Columbus recast the renaming and charting of Caribbean islands as a religious pursuit.

— Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026
But Milei is trying to recast Argentina as a destination for foreign wealth, slashing public spending, dismantling regulations and courting investment in the country's vast oil and mineral resources.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of recast

Verb

After installing the new dryer switch, reassemble the dryer to complete the repair.

— Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2026
The researchers, who agreed to speak with me about their results before publication, relied on the latest genetic techniques to reassemble Jefferson’s genome from the Founder’s hair.

— Andrew Lawler, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of reassemble

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