Definition

1. Verb:
   • To give a new or different definition to a word, concept, or term.
   • To re-examine and change the nature, scope, or meaning of something, establishing a new understanding or standard.

Usage

The verb "redefine" is used when the essential meaning or boundaries of something are being changed or clarified in a significant way. It often implies a formal or conceptual shift. It is a transitive verb and requires an object.

Examples

• The company sought to redefine luxury for the modern era.
• Advances in physics have forced us to redefine our understanding of time.
• The artist's work redefined the possibilities of sculpture.
• We need to redefine the project's goals to ensure its success.

Advanced Usage

• "to redefine oneself": To make a significant change in one's own character, career, or public image.

  • After leaving the corporate world, she completely redefined herself as a landscape painter.

• "to redefine the boundaries/landscape of": To fundamentally alter the limits or nature of a field, industry, or concept.

  • The new policy will redefine the boundaries of acceptable conduct.

Variants and Related Words

• Redefinition (noun): The act or process of redefining something.
  • The redefinition of marriage in the 21st century has been a major social topic.

Synonyms

• Reconceptualize: To form a new concept or idea of something.
• Reinterpret: To interpret something in a new or different light.
• Reformulate: To express something in a different way.

Related Phrases

• Redefine the terms of the debate: To change the fundamental premises on which a discussion is based.
  • Her groundbreaking research redefined the terms of the debate on climate change.

Verb

1. give a new or different definition of (a word)
2. give a new or different definition to
   • She redefined his duties