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REDEFINITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does redefinition mean? 

REDEFINITION (noun)
  The noun REDEFINITION has 1 sense:

1. the act of giving a new definitionplay

  Familiarity information: REDEFINITION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REDEFINITION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of giving a new definition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

she provided a redefinition of his duties

Hypernyms ("redefinition" is a kind of...):

definition (a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol)

Derivation:

redefine (give a new or different definition of (a word))

redefine (give a new or different definition to)


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