Words / C1

reed-i-FYN/ˌriːdɪˈfaɪn/

To redefine is to change the meaning or scope of a word, role, or idea: redefine success, redefine “present”. Define is the base verb; stretch is informal cheating. A livestream is a channel; invigilation is a named person in a room.

Meaning

To change the meaning or scope of a word, role, or idea.

Examples

• “Do not redefine “present” as a livestream that skips invigilation.”
• “Redraft is documents. Relabel is the blunt twin. A stream is a feed. A sitting is a room with a spare. Keep the word; staff the room.”

Good to know

Give a new meaning or boundary. Blunt twin: relabel. A livestream ≠ presence.

Near in meaning

relabel

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