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Definition of "redevelop" []

  • To develop (something) again. (verb-transitive)
  • To tone or intensify (a photographic print, for example) by a second developing process. (verb-transitive)
  • To restore (buildings or neighborhoods, for example) to a better condition: redeveloped the waterfront. (verb-transitive)
  • To develop again. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "redevelop" in a sentence
  • "Though Dillon hopes to increase density, vibrancy and walkability, a main reason the town wants to redevelop is to give itself a new identity."
  • "What better way is there to "redevelop" a neighborhood than to make it safe?"
  • "There's a storm system in the upper Midwest, and then there's also an upper - level high expecting to kind of redevelop across parts of Texas here, across the southern plains states."