repurposing
present participle ofrepurpose
repurpose
verb[IorT]
uk/ˌriːˈpɜː.pəs/us/ˌriːˈpɝː.pəs/tofinda new use for anidea,product, orbuilding:
The company'sroleis to repurposeprintdatafor use on theWeb.
Cinemas areharderto repurpose thanordinaryshops.
Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- avail
- availyourselfofsomething
- be/go heavy onsomethingidiom
- draw
- gobblesomethingup
- make capital out ofsomethingidiom
- max
- max out
- mine a rich seam ofsomethingidiom
- spare
- spend
- spent
- tap
- turn tosomeone/something
- turn/usesomethingto good accountidiom
- unblock
- underuse
- underused
Examplesofrepurposing
repurposing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Nature's prominent coping strategy isrepurposing, which generates a path-dependency in mechanisms that is seldom on the agenda of a bioroboticist.
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Byrepurposingold, abandoned manufacturing spaces as studios, artists turned urban blight into productive artistic spaces.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It provided users a means ofrepurposingtheir media, including sharing, editing, organizing and categorizing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She also has a host of ideas for reusing andrepurposingitems around the house.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Those buildings still extant are under consideration forrepurposing, possibly for administrative purposes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Spelling now claims to berepurposing, using hand-me-down clothes for her children, and toning down her children's once lavish birthday parties.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Perhaps, the first instances ofrepurposingcan be located within cable as programmers have aired programs across co-owned stables of channels.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Requip is another notable example of drugrepurposing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These conflicts have regarded issues such as construction of new toll roads and therepurposingof a decommissioned air base.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Of note in the camp is itsrepurposingof various areas of its two predecessor camps.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.With an explicit approach, companies have demonstrated accelerated product development byrepurposingexisting designs into new and completely different products.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His work centers onrepurposingtechnology and repackaging information from the public realm into art.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.We're notrepurposingan existing comic book here, we're building something unique from scratch.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Broadcast and cable developedrepurposingpacts usually produced by studios also owned by broadcast networks or its conglomerate.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Typically,repurposingis done using items usually considered to be junk or garbage.
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- storage site
- storage solution
- storage space
- storage-space
- storage system
- storage tank
- storage-tank
- storage unit
- storage-unit
- storage vault
- storage vessel
- storage vessel
- store
- store-and-forward
- store-and-forward
- store audit
- store-audit
- store-bought
- store-bought
- store brand
- store-brand
- store card
- store-card
- store clerk
- store clerk