to change the nature or limits of sth; to make people consider sth in a new way:
[VN] The new constitution redefined the powers of the president. * [Vwh-] We need to redefine what we mean by democracy.
redefinition noun [U,C]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for redefine is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is redefine a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, redefine is tagged as verb.
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