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re-pot

re-pot is the alternative form of repot.

Meaning of repot

Verb

repot (third-person singular simple present repots, present participle repotting, simple past and past participle repotted)

  1. (transitive) To move (a growing plant) from one pot to a larger one to allow for further growth.
  2. (broadly, transitive) To give (oneself) new challenges or environments as a means of personal growth.
    • There's no limit to the number of times you can repot yourself. Every season offers opportunities for new growth, and what's fulfilling to you now may not answer your needs in a future stage of life.2008, Diana Holman, Ginger Pape, Repotting

Forms of re-pot

third-person singular presentre-pots
present participlere-potting
past participlere-potted
pastre-potted

Questions about re-pot

What is re-pot the alternative form of?
Re-pot is the alternative form of repot.

Words near re-pot in the dictionary

  1. re-parole
  2. re-partner
  3. re-petition
  4. re-Polonizing
  5. re-post
  6. re-pot
  7. re-pots
  8. re-potted
  9. re-potting
  10. re-presentation
  11. re-presentations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: re-pot (page history and authors); repot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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