Repurposing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is repurposed.

    "One theme of the mix is the international play of loans, snatches, repurposings, retroengineerings and recirculations of beats, motifs, techniques, and melodies between musicians in the diaspora and beyond."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of repurpose form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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remodelremodel

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"She is repurposing jeans jackets by adding her distinctive artistic touch on each of them."

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