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re·tool
/
riˈtul
/
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ree-
tool
]
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verb (used with object)
1.
to replace or rearrange the
tools
and machinery of (a factory).
2.
to reorganize or rearrange, usually for the purpose of updating:
to retool the industrial
organization
.
verb (used without object)
3.
to replace or rearrange the
tools
of a factory.
4.
to replace the stamping machinery of a factory, especially to make a remodeled product.
Origin:
1935–40;
re-
+
tool
Related forms
re·tool·a·ble,
adjective
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retool
(riːˈtuːl)
—
vb
1.
to replace, re-equip, or rearrange the tools in (a factory, etc)
2.
chiefly
(
US
), (
Canadian
) to revise or reorganize
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
retool
1866, "to shape again with a tool," from re- "back, again" + verb form of
tool
(q.v.). Meaning "to furnish a factory with new equipment" is recorded from 1940.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Retool
hatchery operations to support wild fish recovery.
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administrator education programs to provide training in technology decision making and organizational change.
We must
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and build electric, hybrid, and other engines now.
Reinforced data may help as they
retool
their strategies.
Plenty of people in industry and the private sector had to retrain or
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