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REVALUE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does revalue mean?
• REVALUE (verb)
The verb REVALUE has 2 senses:
Familiarity information: REVALUE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: revalued
Past participle: revalued
-ing form: revaluing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gain in value
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
appreciate; apprise; apprize; revalue
Context example:
The yen appreciated again!
Hypernyms (to "revalue" is one way to...):
increase (become bigger or greater in amount)
Verb group:
appreciate; apprise; apprize (increase the value of)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
revaluation (a new appraisal or evaluation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Value anew
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
revalue the German Mark
Hypernyms (to "revalue" is one way to...):
rate; value (estimate the value of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "revalue"):
appreciate; apprise; apprize (increase the value of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
revaluation (a new appraisal or evaluation)
Context examples
He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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