revamp
Syllables: re·vampUK/ɹiːˈvæmp//ɹiˈvæmp/
revamp verb: to improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something).
Verb
revamp (third-person singular simple present revamps, present participle revamping, simple past and past participle revamped)
- To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something).
- They plan to revamp the historical theater in the old downtown.
- But the great man [Thomas Carlyle] has great littlenesses, the original sometimes revamps old thoughts, the strong reasoner may beg his question and build a strong hypothesis on assumed premises, and the clear writer frequently gets into the predicament which formed the countryman's definition of a...1842 May 21, “The International Copy-right Law”, in Brother Jonathan: A Weekly Compend of Belles Lettres and the Fine Arts, Standard Literature, and General Intelligence, volume II, number 4, New...
Noun
revamp (plural revamps)
- An act of improving, renewing, renovating, or revising something; an improvement, renovation, revamping, or revision.
- a revamp of a website
- The following appear rather like revamps of old versions absolutely than absolutely new jokes: […]1848 March, “Holden’s Review: The Family Joe Miller [book review]”, in Holden’s Dollar Magazine, volume I, number III, New York, N.Y.: Charles W. Holden, →OCLC, page 182
- Synonyms:
- revampment
revamp meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic
revamp in Malayalam
- നവീകരിക്കുക
revamp in Kannada
- ಹೊಸ ಮೇಲುಹೊದಿಕೆ ಹೊದಿಸು, ಮೇಲುಮುಚ್ಚಿಕೆ ಜೋಡಿಸು, ಪುನಃ ತೇಪೆ ಹಾಕು, ದುರಸ್ತಿ ಮಾಡು, ರಿಪೇರಿ ಮಾಡು, ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಿಸು
revamp in Arabic
- to improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something)
- أَحْيَا ʔaḥyā, أَجَدَّ ʔajadda, عَصَّرَ ʕaṣṣara, حَدَّثَ ḥaddaṯa, اِسْتَجَدَّ istajadda, جَدَّدَ jaddada
Examples of revamp in a sentence
- His long fingers closed convulsively as he nerved himself to face them, and then, with a gulp of nervousness he began his monologue of ancient conundrums and jokes, not too skilfully revamped.1914, Caroline Lockhart, “The Foreman of the L.X.”, in The Full of the Moon, Philadelphia, Pa.; London: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott...
- He revised and re-arranged and revamped.1920 December, Arthur Stringer, “A Sense of Humor: A Christmas Story”, in Canadian Home Journal, volume 17, number 8, Toronto, Ont.: Home...
- Online was revamped late last year, we jumped at the chance to learn more about how this esteemed publication (which first stirred to life in 1857) was adapting itself for a modern online audience.2011 January 14, J. D. Biersdorfer, “ArtsBeat: The revamped O.E.D. Online”, in New York Times Blog, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times...
- "We'll work on revamping our strategy in the morning," I say, "Now I think we all need some sleep.2021, MarcyKate Connolly, Heartless Heirs, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Blink, HarperCollins, →ISBN:
Synonyms of revamp
- improve
- overhaul
- refurbish
- vamp up
- ameliorate
- aprimorate (non-native speakers’ English (chiefly Portuguese))
- amend
- batten
- better
- enhance
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Forms of revamp
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | revamps |
| present participle | revamping |
| past participle | revamped |
| past | revamped |
| Noun | |
| plural | revamps |
Origin of revamp
The verb is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + vamp (“to patch, repair, or refurbish”). The noun is derived from the verb.
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Words that rhyme with revamp
Questions about revamp
- What does revamp mean?
- Revamp means to improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something).
- What is revamp in Malayalam?
- Revamp in Malayalam is നവീകരിക്കുക. See Revamp meaning in Malayalam.
- How do you use revamp in a sentence?
- His long fingers closed convulsively as he nerved himself to face them, and then, with a gulp of nervousness he began his monologue of ancient conundrums and jokes, not too skilfully revamped.
- What part of speech is revamp?
- Revamp can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce revamp?
- Revamp is pronounced /ɹiːˈvæmp/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of revamp?
- The past tense of revamp is revamped.
Words near revamp in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: revamp (page history and authors); revamp (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); revamp (Kannada 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.
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