Usually means: Adapt for a new use.
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  1. repurpose: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. repurpose: Merriam-Webster
  3. repurpose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. repurpose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. repurpose: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Repurpose, repurpose: Wordnik
  7. repurpose: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. repurpose: Wiktionary
  9. repurpose: Dictionary.com
  10. repurpose: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. repurpose: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. repurpose: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (repurpose)

▸ verb:  To reuse for a different purpose, on a long-term basis, with or without alteration.

Similar:
re-purpose, re-use, reutilise, cannibalise, reappropriate, rehash, re-wear, recycle, reprocess, reimplement, more...

Opposite:
discard, dispose, get rid of

Types:
recycle, reuse, upcycle, remake, more...

Colors:
    olive,     sage,     rust,     mustard,     teal, more...

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Similar:
re-purpose, re-use, reutilise, cannibalise, reappropriate, rehash, re-wear, recycle, reprocess, reimplement, more...

Opposite:
discard, dispose, get rid of

Types:
recycle, reuse, upcycle, remake, more...

Colors:
    olive,     sage,     rust,     mustard,     teal, more...



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