revamp
An act of improving, renewing, renovating, or revising somethingAn act of improving, renewing, renovating, or revising something; an improvement, renovation, revamping, or revision.
» Our education system needs to be seriously revamped.
Наша образовательная система нуждается в серьёзном обновлении. — odexed
darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesAn act of improving, renewing, renovating, or revising something; an improvement, renovation, revamping, or revision.
a revamp of a website
Renovierung
Examples
4 sentencesOur education system needs to be seriously revamped.
ruНаша образовательная система нуждается в серьёзном обновлении. — odexed
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
2 languagesBy 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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