Meaning

2 senses
  1. To replace or reconnect the wires of a device or installation.

    I had to rewire the circuit where the old wires had shorted out.

    The electrician said that we couldn't add a new outlet without rewiring.

  2. To change the functionality of something by altering the parameters or logic.

    When our companies merged, I rewired our payment processing system to handle their invoices as well.

    Today we know now that learning literacy significantly rewires and restructures the brain.

More definitions
  • provide with new wiring

Examples

1 sentences
  1. You need to rewire your brain.

Translations

2 languages

Forms

rewires, rewiring, rewired, rewired
Base formrewire · to rewire
3rd person singularrewires
Present participlerewiring
Past simplerewired
Past participlerewired

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrewire
he, she, itrewires

Past simpleLesson

all personsrewired

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rewired
he, she, ithas rewired

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rewire

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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