Pronunciations (3)
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/ɹiːˈpeɪnt/
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/ˈɹiːpeɪnt/
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ɹiːˈpeɪnt
Verb
To paint anew or again, especially if recently painted.
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to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture
Nearly all of their locomotives have never been repainted, which is as much as 24 years in the case of some of the DB Cargo units.
To draw or render again on the display.
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To force a window to repaint itself programmatically, you call the inherited Invalidate() method[…]
Noun
The act or process of painting something again, especially if recently painted.
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They didn't like the color so we had to do a repaint.
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More join us at Colwall and at the lovely station at Great Malvern, although the place is in need of some TLC nowadays. The ornate canopy supports are overdue a repaint, and the closed cafe gives the place a forlorn air.
The act of drawing or rendering again on the display.
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WPF will call your OnRender function when it needs to know what content your visual displays, but the way graphics acceleration works in WPF means that this happens far less often than the equivalent repaints in Win32.
Verb
paint a particular subject again
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He repainted the same scenery many times during his life
to apply another layer of paint
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He repainted the wall after the child smeared it with tomato sauce