Definition of 'reshape'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense reshapes
, present participle reshaping
, past tense, past participle reshaped
verb
To reshape something means to change its structure or organization.
If they succeed on Europe, then they will have reshaped the political and economic
map of the world. [VERB noun]
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reshape in American English
(riˈʃeip)
transitive verbWord forms: -shaped, -shaping
to shape again or into different form
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British English: reshape
VERB /ˌriːˈʃeɪp/
To reshape something means to change its structure or organization.
If they succeed, then they will have reshaped the political and economic map of the world.
- American English: reshape /riˈʃeɪp/
- Brazilian Portuguese: reformar
- Chinese: 重塑
- European Spanish: reformar
- French: réorganiser
- German: umgestalten
- Italian: ristrutturare
- Japanese: 再編成
- Korean: 다시 고치다
- European Portuguese: reformar
- Latin American Spanish: reformar
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