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repurposing

repurposing is the present participle and gerund 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

Noun

repurposing (plural repurposings)

  1. The act by which something is repurposed.
    • One theme of the mix is the international play of loans, snatches, repurposings, retroengineerings and recirculations of beats, motifs, techniques, and melodies between musicians in the diaspora and beyond.2011, Jonathan Harris, Globalization and Contemporary Art, page 229

Forms of repurposing

pluralrepurposings

Questions about repurposing

What does repurposing mean?
Repurposing means the act by which something is repurposed.
What is repurposing the present participle and gerund of?
Repurposing is the present participle and gerund of repurpose.
What part of speech is repurposing?
Repurposing is a noun.
What is the plural of repurposing?
The plural of repurposing is repurposings.

Words near repurposing in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: repurposing (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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