Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To do over again.
  • transitive verb To redecorate.
  • noun An act or instance of doing something again.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To do over again.
  • noun A trade-name for crystalline calcium hyposulphite (formerly called hydrosulphite), CaS2O4, used, along with calcium hydroxid, in sugar-refining.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To do again.
  • noun A repeated action; a doing again, refurbishment, etc.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb do over, as of (part of) a house
  • verb make new

Etymologies

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re- +‎ do

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Examples

  • Still have access panels to do, the bathroom stuff to redo from the inspection mixup, the handrail to install, and various other things.

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway markgritter 2010

  • Still have access panels to do, the bathroom stuff to redo from the inspection mixup, the handrail to install, and various other things.

    mrissa: Schedules and short stories mrissa 2010

  • Definitely, a redo is the best possible solution, but I doubt that is at all likely.

    Hillary: I Will Press To Get Florida And Michigan Delegations Seated 2009

  • An argument that could be made to Page is Coleman trying to have a redo is the same as the Minnesota Vikings wanting a redo of the play where Drew Pearson caught the winning touchdown from Roger Staubach in the final seconds of the 1975 divisional playoff game.

    Coleman's Lawsuit: This Whole Election Stinks -- And I Won 2009

  • A redo, which is what they're talking about, is expensive, there are some legal barriers to it.

    CNN Transcript Mar 15, 2008 2008

  • The redo was the work of designer Mark Bouwer, who also overhauled Lisa Marie Presley.

    A Glam Pam 2008

  • A redo, which is what they're talking about, is expensive, there are some legal barriers to it.

    CNN Transcript Mar 16, 2008 2008

  • Up next, Senator Obama trying to move the debate over race away from his former pastor and his campaign and the Clinton and Obama campaigns battling over the so-called redo of the Michigan primary and how about Florida.

    CNN Transcript Mar 18, 2008 2008

  • The redo is a novel idea, since it would give Bieber's rabid girl fan base a reason to go see the movie again.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The three actors previously linked to the redo are a who's who of comic talent gone sour, and there's no reason to think Cohen won't follow suit.

    Cinematical Christopher Campbell 2010

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