rework

Meaning

Noun

1. The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.
2. Taking unsaleable food and using it in the manufacture of other food.
3. Something redone, corrected or rebuilt.
4. Work done to correct defects associated with a deliverable product, plus any root cause analysis effort to identify the task(s) to be re-performed.
5. An instance of reworking.

Verb

To redo, correct, or rebuild.

Synonyms

make over

remodel

redo

revamp

reorganize

retread

change

redesign

refashion

rehash

reiterate

reshape

restyle

alter

transform

revolutionize

decorate

rewrite

secondary operation

upset

remake

convert

remould

renew

reorder

channel

repair

reproduce

work over

have a change of heart

refabricate

reuse

amend

inspire

modify

overhaul

re

rearrange

rebuild

reconstruct

recover

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹiːwɜː(ɹ)k/

Etymology

From re- + work.