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RETOOL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does retool mean?

• RETOOL (verb)
The verb RETOOL has 2 senses:

1. revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving
2. provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools

Familiarity information: RETOOL used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• RETOOL (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

retool; revise

Context example:

We must retool the town's economy

Hypernyms (to "retool" is one way to...):

reorganise; reorganize; shake up (organize anew)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

retool ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "retool" is one way to...):

replace; substitute (put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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