rekey
verb[T]
(alsore-key)uk/ˌriːˈkiː/us/ˌriːˈkiː/rekeyverb[T](DATA)
to putinformationback into acomputer,phone, or othermachineusing akeyboardortouchscreen,especiallyafter you haveremovedit because it was notcorrect:
After thesupplierrealizedthemistake, they rekeyed all mydetails.
The newsystemsavestimeas nobody has to re-key anydata.
- Documents can now betransferredquicklywithout having to be rekeyed.
- We have anenormousamountofhistoricdatathatneedsto be rekeyed.
Writing & typing
- asemic
- bashsomethingout
- borrow
- calligrapher
- carriage return
- fair
- jot
- minute
- overwrite
- put/set pencil to paperidiom
- re-registration
- readability
- recompose
- reformulate
- registration
- rekeyboard
- scribble
- touch-type
- writ
- writing
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Operating computers
rekeyverb[T](LOCK)
tosupplywith a newkeyor newkeys:
Theownerwillarrangefor alocksmithto rekey theproperty.
They had to rekey all thelocksin theairportbuildings.
- When she got back from Honolulu shediscoveredthat herhusbandhad rekeyed thelocks.
- Theentiresystemhad to be rekeyed.
Building: locks & locksmithing
- bolt
- catch
- combination
- combination lock
- deadbolt
- deadlock
- fastener
- fob
- key chain
- key fob
- key ring
- keycard
- keyhole
- lock
- lockbox
- locksmith
- master key
- mortise lock
- padlock
- Yale lock