revamp

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /riˈvæmp/ UK /riːˈvæmp/ See IPA manual

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verb
to renovate or give new and improved form to something

The company decided to revamp its outdated website this year.

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1 verb · to renovate or give new and... renovate overhaul refurbish remodel modernizerevitalizeretool

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Derived forms revamping

Related forms vamp

Etymology

From re- ('again') + vamp ('the upper front part of a shoe'), from Anglo-Norman avantpie, from avant ('before') + pie ('foot'), from Latin pes ('foot'); to revamp originally meant to repair a shoe's vamp.

avantpie Old French pes Latin

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# revamp

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /riˈvæmp/
**IPA (UK):** /riːˈvæmp/

## Meanings
1. to renovate or give new and improved form to something

## Examples
- The company decided to revamp its outdated website this year.

## Synonyms
- renovate
- overhaul
- refurbish
- remodel
- modernize
- revitalize
- retool

## Derived Forms
- revamping

## Related Forms
- vamp

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: avantpie
- Root: pes

## Etymology
From re- ('again') + vamp ('the upper front part of a shoe'), from Anglo-Norman avantpie, from avant ('before') + pie ('foot'), from Latin pes ('foot'); to revamp originally meant to repair a shoe's vamp.

## AI Etymology
Revamp comes from re- ('again') + vamp ('the upper front part of a shoe'), from Anglo-Norman avantpie, from avant ('before') + pie ('foot'), from Latin pes ('foot'); to revamp originally meant to repair a shoe's vamp. The historical chain includes Old French avantpie and Latin pes. The quoted older senses, "again", "the upper front part of a shoe", "before", and "foot", supply the semantic anchors for revamp. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word revamp carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a verb, "to renovate or give new and improved form to something". English derivatives include revamping; related English forms include vamp. The result is a verb and noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

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- Describing Qualities

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