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reengineer

reengineer verb: to engineer again, to redesign or extensively modify in design.

Verb

reengineer (third-person singular simple present reengineers, present participle reengineering, simple past and past participle reengineered)

  1. (transitive) To engineer again, to redesign or extensively modify in design.

Forms of reengineer

third-person singular presentreengineers
present participlereengineering
past participlereengineered
pastreengineered
alternative formre-engineer

Origin of reengineer

From re- + engineer.

Questions about reengineer

What does reengineer mean?
Reengineer means to engineer again, to redesign or extensively modify in design.
What part of speech is reengineer?
Reengineer is a verb.
What is the past tense of reengineer?
The past tense of reengineer is reengineered.

Words near reengineer in the dictionary

  1. reengagements
  2. reengages
  3. reengaging
  4. reengine
  5. reengined
  6. reengineer
  7. reengineered
  8. reengineering
  9. reengineerings
  10. reengineers
  11. reengraft

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