rework.
The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.
Meaning & usage
The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.
Taking unsaleable food and using it in the manufacture of other food.
Something redone, corrected or rebuilt.
They received the rework back from the shop.
Work done to correct defects associated with a deliverable product, plus any root cause analysis effort to identify the task(s) to be re-performed.
The schedule has been pushed back because of the rework.
An instance of reworking.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English work English rework From re- + work.
To redo, correct, or rebuild.
You'll have to rework the crank assembly to incorporate the changes.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English work English rework From re- + work.
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