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rephase

rephase verb: to return to being in phase.

Verb

rephase (third-person singular simple present rephases, present participle rephasing, simple past and past participle rephased)

  1. To return to being in phase.
  2. To revise the phasing of something.
    • The traffic lights have been rephased.
    • The Government's intention to rephase construction of the megaproject is likely to increase costs in the longer term.2023 March 22, Philip Haigh, “AI driving HS2 innovations to improve efficiency”, in RAIL, number 979, page 57, photo caption

Forms of rephase

third-person singular presentrephases
present participlerephasing
past participlerephased
pastrephased

Origin of rephase

From re- + phase.

Questions about rephase

What does rephase mean?
Rephase means to return to being in phase.
What part of speech is rephase?
Rephase is a verb.
What is the past tense of rephase?
The past tense of rephase is rephased.

Words near rephase in the dictionary

  1. repfuel
  2. reph
  3. Rephaim
  4. Rephaite
  5. Rephaites
  6. rephase
  7. rephased
  8. rephases
  9. rephasing
  10. rephasings
  11. rephonemicization

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