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reappropriate

US/ɹi.əˈpɹoʊpɹieɪt/

reappropriate verb: to seize and reassign.

Verb

reappropriate (third-person singular simple present reappropriates, present participle reappropriating, simple past and past participle reappropriated)

  1. To seize and reassign.
  2. To appropriate again.
    • Near-synonym: reassign
    Synonyms:
    reassign
  3. To reclaim a term that was previously used to disparage the reclaimers' own social group.
    • Once a term of homophobic abuse, the term “queer” has been reappropriated as a marker for some gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT), and other marginalized sexual identities.
    • The term 'People of the Book' has been reappropriated as a means of self-identification by Jews and by the members of certain Christian denominations.2023 August 3, Wikipedia contributors, “People of the Book”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation
    Synonyms:
    take back, reclaim

reappropriate meaning in Bengali

reappropriate in Bengali

পুনরায় বরাদ্দ করা

Synonyms of reappropriate

Forms of reappropriate

third-person singular presentreappropriates
present participlereappropriating
past participlereappropriated
pastreappropriated

Origin of reappropriate

From re- + appropriate.

Questions about reappropriate

What does reappropriate mean?
Reappropriate means to seize and reassign.
What is reappropriate in Bengali?
Reappropriate in Bengali is পুনরায় বরাদ্দ করা. See Reappropriate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is reappropriate?
Reappropriate is a verb.
How do you pronounce reappropriate?
Reappropriate is pronounced /ɹi.əˈpɹoʊpɹieɪt/ (US).
What is the past tense of reappropriate?
The past tense of reappropriate is reappropriated.

Words near reappropriate in the dictionary

  1. reapproach
  2. reapproached
  3. reapproaches
  4. reapproaching
  5. reapprobation
  6. reappropriate
  7. reappropriated
  8. reappropriates
  9. reappropriating
  10. reappropriation
  11. reappropriations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reappropriate (page history and authors); reappropriate (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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