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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| definition: |
combined form of paint.
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| related words: |
paint, re- |
adverb + (v.)repaint
painstakingly, periodically, recently
(v.)repaint
+ adverb
completely, inside
(v.)repaint
+ noun
apartment,
bathroom,
bedroom,
building,
color,
couple,
curtain,
design,
dining,
exterior,
figure,
floor,
frame,
furniture,
house,
interior,
kitchen,
living,
passage,
picture,
red,
repair,
room,
shade,
sign,
wall,
window,
wood
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The word repaint
contains the following part:
re-
Latin
prefix
that means again; back or back again
  More about this word part:
The prefix re-
occurs in verbs that are Latin loanwords, where it can mean "again" (revise
) or "back again" (reflect
). It also attaches to English verbs (replay
, rewind) with both meanings. Any verb can be prefixed by "re-
" to indicate that an action is repeated. No hyphen is necessary unless the word formed is identical to an existing word (re-sign the document, but resign
from a job).
Example words:
irrefragable, irremissible, irrevocable, re-coil, re-cover, react, reappear, rebuild, recall, recede, recoil, reconstruct, record, recover, redo, reflect, reflection, regress, reheat, relive, remissible, remit, remove, renew, renewal, repaint, repay, replay, replete, report, reporter, reservation, resign, resignation, respect, retract, reverse, reversible, revert, review, revise, revision, revive, revolve, revolution, rewrite, rebel, rebellious
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