rework

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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
  1. To redo, correct, or rebuild.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹiːwɜː(ɹ)k/ en-us-rework.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rework.wav /ɹiːˈwɜː(ɹ)k/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rework2.wav

Word forms

rework reworks reworking reworked rewrought

Etymology

From re- + work.

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