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say it: ree-def-uh-NISH-uhn
redefinition is a noun meaning "the act of giving a new definition". It is pronounced /ɹiˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən/ — ree-def-uh-NISH-uhn. It carries one recorded sense.
the act of giving a new definition
“words like `conservative' require periodic redefinition”
“she provided a redefinition of his duties”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for redefinition come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.