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recast
[v. ree-kast, -kahst; n. ree-kast, -kahst] 
| Main Entry: |
alter
[awl-ter]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, amend, change, convert, cook, correct mid-course, develop, dial back, diversify, doctor, fine tune, make different, metamorphose, modify, mutate, phony up, recalibrate, recast, reconstruct, refashion, reform, remodel, renovate, reshape, revamp, revise, shift, transform, transmute, turn, vary |
| Antonyms: | continue, fix, keep, let stand, maintain, preserve, remain, retain, sustain |
| Main Entry: | reconstruct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reorganize, build up |
| Synonyms: | copy, deduce, do up, doctor*, fix, fix up, make over, modernize, overhaul, patch, piece together, reassemble, rebuild, recast, recondition, reconstitute, recreate, reestablish, refashion, reform, regenerate, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remake, remodel, remold, renovate, reorient, repair, replace, reproduce, reshuffle, restore, retool, revamp, rework |
| Antonyms: | destroy, raze, ruin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remodel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reconstruct |
| Synonyms: | do up, fix, fix up, make over, modernize, overhaul, reassemble, rebuild, recast, recondition, recreate, redesign, refurbish, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remake, renovate, repair, restore, revamp, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | repeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | duplicate, do again |
| Synonyms: | chime, come again, din, ditto*, drum into, echo, go over again, hold over, imitate, ingeminate, iterate, make like, occur again, play back, play over, quote, read back, reappear, recapitulate, recast, reciprocate, recite, reconstruct, recrudesce, recur, redo, refashion, reform, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relate, remake, renew, reoccur, replay, reprise, reproduce, rerun, resay, reshow, restate, retell, return, revert, revolve, rework, run over, sing same old song |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rephrase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say in another way |
| Synonyms: | express differently, paraphrase, put another way, put differently, put in other words, recast, reword |
| Main Entry: | revise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, edit |
| Synonyms: | alter, amend, blue-pencil, change, clean up, compare, cut, debug, develop, emend, go over, improve, launder, look over, modify, overhaul, perfect, polish, recalibrate, recast, reconsider, redo, redraft, redraw, reexamine, rehash, reorganize, restyle, revamp, review, rework, rewrite, run through, scan, scrub, scrutinize, study, tighten, update, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | repeated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | done again |
| Synonyms: | copied, done over, duplicated, imitated, recast, reciprocated, redone, reduplicated, refashioned, remade, replicated, reproduced, reworked |
| Main Entry: | revolutionize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transform |
| Synonyms: | change, recast, refashion, reform, remodel |
| Main Entry: | rewrite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revise |
| Synonyms: | edit, recast, redraft, rephrase, reword, rework |
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