repurpose

From re- +‎ purpose.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈpɝ.pəs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈpɜː.pəs/

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repurpose (third-person singular simple present repurposes, present participle repurposing, simple past and past participle repurposed)

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

   The town common was repurposed as a practice field.

   The church was repurposed as a nightclub by lighting changes and removing the pews, but it never opened.

   • 2019 October 23, Rail, page 68, photo caption:

     Looking north towards Moorgate, through the new tunnel being built at Bank for southbound Northern Line services. More than half a mile of new tunnels have been excavated, producing nearly 200,000 tonnes of material which is being repurposed as building material in Dartford.

   • December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger and Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine‎:

     Tesla has repurposed the lightweight, energy-dense cells that power its cars for huge grid-scale batteries that provide essential backup for renewables.

• (reuse):
• (alter): remodel

• repurpose at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “repurpose” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• “repurpose”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “repurpose” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “repurpose” (US) / “repurpose” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.