remap

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verb

To assign differently; to relabel or repurpose.

“He remapped the variable in the code to hold the value directly, instead of a pointer to the value.”

OriginEnglish map ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbremap (third-person singular simple present remaps, present participle remapping, simple past and past participle remapped)

present singular third person remaps · participle present remapping · participle past remapped · past remapped

  1. transitiveTo assign differently; to relabel or repurpose.

    He remapped the variable in the code to hold the value directly, instead of a pointer to the value.

  2. transitiveTo map again.

    Because the topography and development of the land changed so much in the floods, the region had to be remapped.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishmap
  7. Englishremap

From re- + map.

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Translations

Finnish määritellä uudelleen, kartoittaa uudelleen
  • määritellä uudelleento assign differently
  • kartoittaa uudelleento map again

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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