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re-engineered

re-engineered is the simple past and past participle of re-engineer.

Meaning of re-engineer

Verb

re-engineer (third-person singular simple present re-engineers, present participle re-engineering, simple past and past participle re-engineered)

  1. (transitive) To modify the design of an existing system, organization, process or product in order to make it more effective, efficient or responsive.
    • More specifically I would like to see whether and under what conditions we could re-engineer the utopia of a borderless world, and by extension, a borderless Africa, since, as far as I know, Africa is part of the world. And the world is part of Africa.2018 November 11, Achille Mbembe, “The idea of a borderless world”, in Africa Is a Country

Questions about re-engineered

What is re-engineered the simple past and past participle of?
Re-engineered is the simple past and past participle of re-engineer.

Words near re-engineered in the dictionary

  1. re-engages
  2. re-engaging
  3. re-engine
  4. re-engined
  5. re-engineer
  6. re-engineered
  7. re-engineering
  8. re-engineerings
  9. re-engineers
  10. re-engines
  11. re-engining

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