See redefinition in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "re-",
"3": "definition"
},
"expansion": "re- + definition",
"name": "pre"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From re- + definition.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "redefinitions",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "redefinition (countable and uncountable, plural redefinitions)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with re-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
87,
99
]
],
"text": "George Orwell's novel 1984 proposed that people's thoughts could be constrained by the redefinition of words in their language.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
56,
68
]
],
"ref": "2018 November 13, Matthew Robinson and Lianne Kolirin, “The world has just redefined the kilogram”, in CNN:",
"text": "Although the value of the kilogram will not change, the redefinition of the kilogram using a constant will ensure it remains reliable, and enable far more accurate mass measurements in the future.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The act or event of redefining."
],
"id": "en-redefinition-en-noun-JGm91b8n",
"links": [
[
"redefining",
"redefine"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act or event of redefining",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "redefinice"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act or event of redefining",
"word": "uudelleenmäärittely"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act or event of redefining",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "redéfinition"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act or event of redefining",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ridefinizione"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act or event of redefining",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "przedefiniowanie"
}
]
}
],
"word": "redefinition"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "re-",
"3": "definition"
},
"expansion": "re- + definition",
"name": "pre"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From re- + definition.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "redefinitions",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "redefinition (countable and uncountable, plural redefinitions)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms prefixed with re-",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
87,
99
]
],
"text": "George Orwell's novel 1984 proposed that people's thoughts could be constrained by the redefinition of words in their language.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
56,
68
]
],
"ref": "2018 November 13, Matthew Robinson and Lianne Kolirin, “The world has just redefined the kilogram”, in CNN:",
"text": "Although the value of the kilogram will not change, the redefinition of the kilogram using a constant will ensure it remains reliable, and enable far more accurate mass measurements in the future.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The act or event of redefining."
],
"links": [
[
"redefining",
"redefine"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act or event of redefining",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "redefinice"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act or event of redefining",
"word": "uudelleenmäärittely"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act or event of redefining",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "redéfinition"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act or event of redefining",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ridefinizione"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act or event of redefining",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "przedefiniowanie"
}
],
"word": "redefinition"
}
Download raw JSONL data for redefinition meaning in English (2.2kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (a681f8a and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.