repurpose
verbUK /ɹiːˈpɜː.pəs/ · CA, US /ɹiˈpɝ.pəs/
Etymology From re- + purpose.
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.
2 more examples
- 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.2019 October 23, Rail, page 68, photo caption:
- Tesla has repurposed the lightweight, energy-dense cells that power its cars for huge grid-scale batteries that provide essential backup for renewables.December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021:
- Synonyms
- remodel
- Derived terms
- repurposability, repurposable, repurposer