revamp
To improve, renew, renovate, or reviseTo improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something).
» Our education system needs to be seriously revamped.
Наша образовательная система нуждается в серьёзном обновлении.
Meaning
1 sensesTo improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something).
They plan to revamp the historical theater in the old downtown.
aufpolieren, ausbessern, umarbeiten
обновлятьobnovljatʹ
- to patch up or renovate; repair or restore
- provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
Examples
4 sentencesOur education system needs to be seriously revamped.
ruНаша образовательная система нуждается в серьёзном обновлении.
Keep the estate, but revamp the house!
The four-lane road was revamped into a modern street bustling with pedestrians and cyclists.
While having no active cases is welcomed, it also means the trial will have to be revamped to test the vaccines’ effectiveness.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
The verb is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + vamp (“to patch, repair, orThe verb is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + vamp (“to patch, repair, or refurbish”). The noun is derived from the verb.
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Forms
revamps, revamping, revamped, revampedSynonyms
37 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle