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re-gear

re-gear is the alternative form of regear.

Meaning of regear

Verb

regear (third-person singular simple present regears, present participle regearing, simple past and past participle regeared)

  1. (transitive) To gear again or anew.
    • You and your top people may be able to regear your plant to defense production without outside assistance if you have time and the necessary personnel.1951 February, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 5, number 2, page 35
  2. (intransitive) To prepare again or change one's preparations.
    • Germany regeared for the second half: same shape, more control. Mexico had lost some of their vim. And before long the game had turned on its head, with Germany able to keep the ball now, Kroos hitting his range, and Mexico less adept at seizing possession, unable to spring forward with such gusto.2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...

Forms of re-gear

third-person singular presentre-gears
present participlere-gearing
past participlere-geared
pastre-geared

Origin of re-gear

From re- + gear.

Questions about re-gear

What is re-gear the alternative form of?
Re-gear is the alternative form of regear.

Words near re-gear in the dictionary

  1. re-fusing
  2. re-gay
  3. re-gayed
  4. re-gaying
  5. re-gays
  6. re-gear
  7. re-geared
  8. re-gearing
  9. re-gears
  10. re-gift
  11. re-gifted

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