"re-engineer" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: re-engineers [present, singular, third-person], re-engineering [participle, present], re-engineered [participle, past], re-engineered [past]
Etymology: re- + engineer Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|engineer}} re- + engineer Head templates: {{en-verb}} re-engineer (third-person singular simple present re-engineers, present participle re-engineering, simple past and past participle re-engineered)
  1. To modify the design of an existing system, organization, process or product in order to make it more effective, efficient or responsive.
    Sense id: en-re-engineer-en-verb-wefZjhHR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-

Inflected forms

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