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redo

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹiːdu/
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  • rhymes with (verb) -uː
  • rhymes with (noun) -iːdu
  • /ɹiˈduː/
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY0 D UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A repeated action; a doing again, refurbishment, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To do again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rework

Antonyms: undo

3

verb

Meaning 3

do over, as of (part of) a house

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We are remodeling these rooms

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: remodel, reconstruct

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

4

verb

Meaning 4

make new

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She is remaking her image

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: remake, refashion, make over

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: produce, make, create

Narrower terms: recast, reforge, remodel

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dhéh1t Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dhédheh1ti Proto-Germanic *dōną Proto-West Germanic *dōn Old English dōn Middle English don English do English redo From re- + do.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: refacer — to do again
  • Bulgarian: преправям (prepravjam) — to do again
  • Catalan: refer — to do again
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重做 (chóngzuò) — to do again
  • Cornish: daswul — to do again
  • Czech: předělat — to do again
  • Dutch: herdoen — to do again
  • Esperanto: refari — to do again
  • Finnish: tehdä uudestaan — to do again
  • French: refaire — to do again
  • Galician: refacer — to do again
  • German: wieder tun — to do again
  • German: wiederholen — to do again
  • Greek: ξανακάνω (xanakáno) — to do again
  • Haitian Creole: refè — to do again
  • Ido: riagar — to do again
  • Indonesian: mengulang — to do again
  • Indonesian: mengulangi — to do again
  • Italian: rifare — to do again
  • Japanese: やり直す (yarinaosu) — to do again
  • Japanese: 再びやる (futatabi yaru) — to do again
  • Lithuanian: perdaryti — to do again
  • Lithuanian: perdirbti — to do again
  • Māori: tārua — to do again
  • Māori: tukurua — to do again
  • Polish: przerabiać — to do again
  • Polish: przerobić — to do again
  • Portuguese: refazer — to do again
  • Russian: переде́лывать (peredélyvatʹ) — to do again
  • Russian: переде́лать (peredélatʹ) — to do again
  • Scottish Gaelic: ath-dhèan — to do again
  • Spanish: rehacer — to do again
  • Spanish: asegundar — to do again
  • Spanish: segundar — to do again
  • Spanish: refacer (disused) — to do again
  • Swedish: göra om — to do again
  • Ukrainian: переробля́ти (pererobljáty) — to do again
  • Ukrainian: перероби́ти (pererobýty) — to do again
  • Welsh: ail-wneud — to do again