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repurposes

repurposes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of repurpose.

Meaning of repurpose

Verb

repurpose (third-person singular simple present repurposes, present participle repurposing, simple past and past participle repurposed)

  1. To reuse for a different purpose, on a long-term basis, with or without alteration.
    • The town common was repurposed as a practice field.
    Synonyms:
    remodel

Questions about repurposes

What is repurposes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Repurposes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of repurpose.

Words near repurposes in the dictionary

  1. repurposable
  2. repurpose
  3. repurposed
  4. repurposer
  5. repurposers
  6. repurposes
  7. repurposing
  8. repurposings
  9. repursue
  10. repursued
  11. repursues

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Adapted from Wiktionary: repurposes (page history and authors); repurpose (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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