redesign

Syllables: re·de·signUK/ˌɹiː.dɪˈzaɪn/US/ˌɹi.dɪˈzaɪn/

redesign noun: a plan for making changes to the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system so as to better serve the purpose of the original design, or to serve purposes different from those set forth in the original design.

Noun

redesign (plural redesigns)

A plan for making changes to the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system so as to better serve the purpose of the original design, or to serve purposes different from those set forth in the original design.
- No UK company responded, believing that the availability requirement could not be reached in British operating conditions. But General Motors thought otherwise, offering its SD40-2 design. However, to make it fit the UK loading gauge, considerable redesign was required.2020 August 12, John Crosse, “Mendip Heavy Haulage workhorses”, in Rail, page 63

Verb

redesign (third-person singular simple present redesigns, present participle redesigning, simple past and past participle redesigned)

To lay out or plan a new version of something previously laid out or planned.
- It became clear at last that the secondary windings were not strong enough to withstand the severe electro-magnetic forces to which they had been subjected and that the transformer would have to be redesigned.1961 March, “Interim report on the Glasgow suburban electric train failures”, in Trains Illustrated, page 176
- They and the airline itself described an internal process that requires multiple departments to manually redesign the airline’s schedule – a system that works “the vast majority of the time,” Southwest said in a statement.2022 December 30, Gregory Wallace, “Insiders at Southwest reveal how the airline’s service imploded”, in CNN

redesign meaning in Tamil and Bengali

redesign in Tamil

மறுவடிவமைப்பி

redesign in Bengali

কোনো বস্তু

Examples of redesign in a sentence

The website was redesigned to optimize user experience.
The team redesigned their workflow to improve efficiency.
X (fka Twitter) has quietly redesigned its 🔫 Water Pistol emoji to display as a firearm.

All 16 example sentences with redesign

Forms of redesign

Noun
plural	redesigns
Verb
third-person singular present	redesigns
present participle	redesigning
past participle	redesigned
past	redesigned

Plural of redesign: redesigns

Origin of redesign

From re- + design.

Words formed from redesign

Words that rhyme with redesign

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Questions about redesign

What does redesign mean?: Redesign means a plan for making changes to the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system so as to better serve the purpose of the original design, or to serve purposes different from those set forth in the original design.
What is redesign in Tamil?: Redesign in Tamil is மறுவடிவமைப்பி. See Redesign meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is redesign?: Redesign can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce redesign?: Redesign is pronounced /ˌɹiː.dɪˈzaɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of redesign?: The plural of redesign is redesigns.

Words near redesign in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: redesign (page history and authors); redesign (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); redesign (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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