redo

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/ɹiˈduː//ˈɹiːdu/

verb

To do again.

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 5

Meanings

verbredo (third-person singular simple present redoes, present participle redoing, simple past redid, past participle redone)

present singular third person redoes · participle present redoing · past redid · participle past redone · alternative re-do

  1. To do again.

    Synonyms: rework · Antonyms: undo

nounredo (plural redos)

plural redos · alternative re-do

  1. A repeated action; a doing again, refurbishment, etc.

    Eight years ago, the apartment cost $292,000, and the three redos totaled $48,000, but though he has no plans to sell, he thinks he could get $600,000 for the place today.

    2008 June 1, C. J. Hughes, “Where Change Is Underfoot, and Overhead”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo do again.

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Opposite

More synonyms by meaning

verbdo over, as of (part of) a house

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁t
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰédʰeh₁ti
  10. Proto-Germanic*dōną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*dōn
  12. Old Englishdōn
  13. Middle Englishdon
  14. Englishdo
  15. Englishredo

From re- + do.

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Translations

Bulgarian преправям
  • преправям (prepravjam)to do again
Catalan refer
  • referto do again
Chinese Mandarin 重做
  • 重做 (chóngzuò)to do again
Czech předělat
  • předělatto do again
Dutch herdoen
  • herdoento do again
Esperanto refari
  • refarito do again
Finnish tehdä uudestaan
  • tehdä uudestaanto do again
French refaire
  • refaireto do again
German wieder tun, wiederholen
  • wieder tunto do again
  • wiederholento do again
Greek ξανακάνω
  • ξανακάνω (xanakáno)to do again
Indonesian mengulang, mengulangi
  • mengulangto do again
  • mengulangito do again
Italian rifare
  • rifareto do again
Japanese やり直す, 再びやる
  • やり直す (yarinaosu)to do again
  • 再びやる (futatabi yaru)to do again
Lithuanian perdaryti, perdirbti
  • perdarytito do again
  • perdirbtito do again
Māori tārua, tukurua
  • tāruato do again
  • tukuruato do again
Polish przerabiać, przerobić
  • przerabiaćto do again
  • przerobićto do again
Portuguese refazer
  • refazerto do again
Russian переде́лывать, переде́лать
  • переде́лывать (peredélyvatʹ)to do again
  • переде́лать (peredélatʹ)to do again
Scottish Gaelic ath-dhèan
  • ath-dhèanto do again
Spanish rehacer, asegundar
  • rehacerto do again
  • asegundarto do again
  • segundarto do again
  • refacer (disused)to do again
Swedish göra om
  • göra omto do again
Ukrainian переробля́ти, перероби́ти
  • переробля́ти (pererobljáty)to do again
  • перероби́ти (pererobýty)to do again
Welsh ail-wneud
  • ail-wneudto do again

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Cite this entry
APA

redo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redo

MLA

“redo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redo.

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