redefine
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redefine (third-person singular simple present redefines, present participle redefining, simple past and past participle redefined)
- (transitive) To define again or differently.
- (transitive) To give a new or different definition to (a word).
- (transitive, computing) To define a previously defined area of storage etc. in a different manner, e.g. changing it from textual to numeric.
- 1992, Herman Holtz, Databased Marketing, page 170:
- Next the "key redefiner" software came along. These were special programs that could "redefine" the keys on your keyboard , while still permitting you the normal use of the keys.
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to give a new or different definition to a word
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to define an area of storage, that has already been defined, in a different manner
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Portuguese[edit]
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redefine
- inflection of redefinir:
Spanish[edit]
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redefine
- inflection of redefinir: