redo

«redo» in Mova's school dictionary: to do it again, usually because it was wrong or not good… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (redo, redoes, redid, redone, redoing); noun (a redo, redos — informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) To redo something is to do it again, usually because it was wrong or not good enough. tree →

2) To redo a room is to decorate it again. tree →

3) (informal) A redo is a second try, a do-over. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school maths it is very common: «redo the sum», «redo your working». In games children ask for a redo when something went wrong. In everyday life it is about fixing work. Phrases: «redo it», «get a redo», «redo the kitchen».

examples

• Please redo question 5; the answer is wrong. tree →
• I had to redo my homework because I spilled juice on it. tree →
• The builders redid the roof. tree →
• Can I have a redo? My hand slipped! tree →
• She redid her plait three times before school. tree →
• We redid the sum and got 42 this time. tree →
• They are redoing the bathroom in white tiles. tree →
• He has redone the drawing and it looks much better. tree →

note

Forms follow «do»: redoes (not «redos» for the verb), redid, redone. The noun plural is «redos». Pronounce «ree-DOO». In US playground talk «do-over» means the same as a redo.

In the corpora

• re- means again: redo, rewrite, replay.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «redo» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.