revamp
Use Revamp in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
noun
2.
an act or instance of restructuring, reordering, or revising something; overhaul: a revamp of the nation's foreign policy.
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revamp (riːˈvæmp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to patch up or renovate; repair or restore |
| —n | |
| 2. | something that has been renovated or revamped |
| 3. | the act or process of revamping |
| [C19: from | |
| re'vamper | |
| —n | |
| re'vamping | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
revamp
1850, from re- "again" + vamp "patch up, replace the upper front part of a shoe" (see vamp (v.)).
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Example sentences
Then came the electrician to revamp my sockets in my little study and the post vanished.
And now he is trying to revamp the nation's health-care system.
So there are plenty of reasons to revamp the government.
In four pilot stores, the number of customers and sales went up by a tenth following the revamp.
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