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redecorate

redecorate verb: to change the appearance of a place by altering the decor.

Verb

redecorate (third-person singular simple present redecorates, present participle redecorating, simple past and past participle redecorated)

  1. (transitive) To change the appearance of a place by altering the decor.
    • Yeah, she said you had been helping her redecorate, that you had been to Parke Bernet, picking out a bureau.1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo, spoken by Sunday (Hector Elizondo)
  2. (transitive) To refurbish.

Forms of redecorate

third-person singular presentredecorates
present participleredecorating
past participleredecorated
pastredecorated

Past tense of redecorate: redecorated

Origin of redecorate

From re- + decorate.

Words formed from redecorate

Questions about redecorate

What does redecorate mean?
Redecorate means to change the appearance of a place by altering the decor.
What part of speech is redecorate?
Redecorate is a verb.
What is the past tense of redecorate?
The past tense of redecorate is redecorated.

Words near redecorate in the dictionary

  1. redecoding
  2. redeconvolve
  3. redeconvolved
  4. redeconvolves
  5. redeconvolving
  6. redecorate
  7. redecorated
  8. redecorates
  9. redecorating
  10. redecoration
  11. redecorations

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