regear
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 6
/ɹiːˈɡɪə(ɹ)/
Definition of regear
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To gear again or anew.
“You and your top people may be able to regear your plant to defense production without outside assistance if you have time and the necessary personnel.”
“The decision to stop publishing scholarly monographs and to regear the organization to the task of commissioning and publishing textbooks required AC1 to adopt a long-term view.”
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verb
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(transitive)To gear again or anew.
“You and your top people may be able to regear your plant to defense production without outside assistance if you have time and the necessary personnel.”
“The decision to stop publishing scholarly monographs and to regear the organization to the task of commissioning and publishing textbooks required AC1 to adopt a long-term view.”
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(intransitive)To prepare again or change one's preparations.
“Germany regeared for the second half: same shape, more control. Mexico had lost some of their vim. And before long the game had turned on its head, with Germany able to keep the ball now, Kroos hitting his range, and Mexico less adept at seizing possession, unable to spring forward with such gusto.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From re- + gear.
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