revamp
pronunciation
How to pronounce revamp in British English:
UK [ˌri:ˈvæmp]
How to pronounce revamp in American English:
US [riˈvæmp]
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- Verb:
- to patch up or renovate; repair or restore
- provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
Word Origin
- revamp (v.)
- 1850, from re- "again" + vamp (v.) "patch up, replace the upper front part of a shoe." An earlier verb was new-vamp (1630s). Modern use is typically figurative. Related: Revamped; revamping.
Example
- 1. Such obstacles have scuppered previous attempts to revamp the second chamber .
- 2. The revamp of google 's training programs is particularly critical now .
- 3. The libyan government is starting to spend , with bigprojects to revamp airports , roads and ports .
- 4. He resigned , only to reshuffle his cabinet , revamp his coalition 's platform , and form a new government just days later .
- 5. Sabmiller , the world 's second-largest beermaker , is planning to invest up to $ 2.5 billion in africa over the next five years to build and revamp breweries .