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re-purpose

re-purpose is the alternative form of repurpose.

Meaning of repurpose

Verb

repurpose (third-person singular simple present repurposes, present participle repurposing, simple past and past participle repurposed)

  1. To reuse for a different purpose, on a long-term basis, with or without alteration.
    • The town common was repurposed as a practice field.
    Synonyms:
    remodel

Forms of re-purpose

third-person singular presentre-purposes
present participlere-purposing
past participlere-purposed
pastre-purposed

Questions about re-purpose

What is re-purpose the alternative form of?
Re-purpose is the alternative form of repurpose.

Words near re-purpose in the dictionary

  1. re-provisions
  2. re-publish
  3. re-published
  4. re-publishes
  5. re-publishing
  6. re-purpose
  7. re-purposed
  8. re-purposes
  9. re-purposing
  10. re-queer
  11. re-queered

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: re-purpose (page history and authors); repurpose (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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