re-gear

A form of regear — To gear again or anew.

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Meanings

verbre-gear (third-person singular simple present re-gears, present participle re-gearing, simple past and past participle re-geared)

present singular third person re-gears · participle present re-gearing · participle past re-geared · past re-geared

  1. alternativeAlternative form of regear.

    DB Cargo is understood to be looking at the feasibility of re-gearing some of its Class 66s to allow them to haul the same tonnages as the Class 60s it has taken out of its fleet in the latter part of 2023.

    2023 December 13, “Network News: GB Railfreight heads for biggest fleet”, in RAIL, number 998, page 18

Origin

From re- + gear.

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APA

re-gear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-gear

MLA

“re-gear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-gear. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “re-gear,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-gear.

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