How to pronounce “reverse-engineer”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• To derive or duplicate the design, technical specifications, manufacturing methods, or functionality of an object by studying an existing product, prototype, etc.
• To create or modify an implementation to better conform to a desired goal.
• [Noun]
• A person who reverse-engineers products.

Practice Nearby Words

reverse engineer, reverse, retro-engineer, back-engineer, reverse configure, rederive, re-engine, reimplement, reremake, repro, refactor, remanufacture, rederivatize, re-clone, cannibalise, repurpose, rereplicate, resimulate, re-design, reskin, back-translate, pseudoreplicate, spin off, rehash, resynthesize, remake, overreplicate, retroduplicate, resynthesise, recode, recast, ecycle, retrofit, reresearch, rescheme, backtrack, refigure, re-research, re-export, sidegrade, re-purpose, remotor, remorphize, recycle, reprobe, backtest, clone, repack, retarget, reclone, reassemble, transreplicate, reimage, endoreplicate, retrogreen, rebase, rekey, roboticize, remodify, recopy, redraft, retrotranscribe, reoptimise, research, repattern, autoreplicate, rotoscope, reexport, rehybridise, retrodifferentiate, replatform, re-gear, rereference, reroll, shallow-copy, reprofile, remike, reexpress, remirror, subclone, retropose, calque, backsource, rehybridize, retroject, reblade, redevelop, reexperience, reexchange, rerape, re-write, rehook, retransform, reprogramme, retrotransduce, reanalyze, genocopy, recam, re-brand, remap

Similar Sounds

reverse engineering, reengineer, revengeance, civil engineer, stringent, stringency, severson, saarinen, sirenian, safranin