rebrand

verb

re·​brand (ˌ)rē-ˈbrand How to pronounce rebrand (audio)
rebranded; rebranding; rebrands

transitive verb

: to change or update the brand or branding of (a product, service, etc.)
After the original app Picaboo failed to gain traction in 2011, they rebranded the app as Snapchat and added the captioning feature.Madeline Purdue
Rebranding a company with a troubled history, or renaming a product with unfortunate associations, is often a necessary act of self-protection.Jeffrey Goldberg
broadly : to publicly refer to or describe (someone or something) in a new or different way
After France declined to support the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, George W. Bush supporters … tried to rebrand French fries as "freedom fries." Eve Peyser
… recommended last month that it was time to "rebrand" Britain as "one of the world's pioneers rather than one of its museums." Warren Hoge
rebranding noun
plural rebrandings
The emergence of the Tea Party, Boehner says, forced upon Republicans, in one cycle, a rebranding that otherwise might have taken the Party a generation to achieve. Peter J. Boyer

Examples of rebrand in a Sentence

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Founded in 2018 and named after Mithridates VI, the ancient King of Pontus, the brand last month revealed ambitious plans to rebrand. Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 21 Feb. 2025 Meghan Markle rebrands her newest venture: So long, American Riviera Orchard. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025 Image But the decision to rebrand the former digital office into DOGE also signals the potential limits of the endeavor, budget experts said. Michael C. Bender, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025 Even when law enforcement arrests their leaders or seizes their online infrastructure, the remaining members will rebrand and keep working. Sam Sabin, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rebrand

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of rebrand was in 1895

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“Rebrand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rebrand. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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