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repurposere‧pur‧pose /ˌriːˈpɜːpəs $ -ˈpɜːr-/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLErepurpose |
Present | I, you, we, they | repurpose | | he, she, it | repurposes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | repurposed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have repurposed | | he, she, it | has repurposed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had repurposed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will repurpose | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have repurposed |
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Present | I | am repurposing | | he, she, it | is repurposing | | you, we, they | are repurposing | Past | I, he, she, it | was repurposing | | you, we, they | were repurposing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been repurposing | | he, she, it | has been repurposing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been repurposing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be repurposing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been repurposing |
if something such as equipment, a building, or a document is repurposed, it is used in a new way that is different from its original use, without having to be changed very much → adapt: We put a lot of material up on our website simply by repurposing our existing catalog. |