0 to repair an engine, machine, etc. so that every part of it works as it should:
I got the engine overhauled.
The government has recently overhauled the healthcare system.
The school chose to overhaul its curriculum by equipping classrooms with new technology.
Most women don't overhaul their wardrobes from season to season.
The restaurant has overhauled its menu, cutting portions and eliminating items with lots of calories.
1 the act of repairing an engine, machine, etc. so that every part works as it should:
I took my motorbike in for an overhaul.
Our gas turbine division is now a world market leader in the repair and overhaul of industrial gas turbines.
They announced plans for a radical overhaul of the country's political system.
Such changes call for an overhaul of the way Britain runs air travel.
There is likely to be a major overhaul of the squad this summer.
2 to repair or improve something so it works well:
They repaired and maintained aircraft and overhauled their engines.
Congressional leaders are considering overhauling the Clean Air Act.
3 to repair or improve something so that every part of it works as it should:
4 the act of repairing or improving something so that every part of it works as it should:
a complete/major/radical overhaul The firm's organizational infrastructure needed a major overhaul.
Critics of the overhaul argued that yesterday's changes were only cosmetic improvements.
Furthermore, in line with neo-liberal philosophy, the government also overhauled fisheries management and deregulated the control of resources.
The protocol is poorly designed, and must be overhauled from the bottom up, rethinking all assumptions that have been made.
In other states, the very development and implementation of such initiatives may require overhauling or establishing new organizational relationships and service areas.
With the millennium scares causing some major overhauls of system security, researchers and systems manager may well now become complacent.
Another fresh strand of thinking is that the very concept of global labour standards should be refashioned, if not overhauled altogether.
The learner's search for personal meaning and relevance had been overhauled by the external world of non-negotiable concepts, structures and formalities and by the inertia of fact and theory.
Consequently, to prepare for integration, the existing structure may need a thorough overhaul achieved by a comprehensive programme of planned staff and curriculum development.
Meaningful societal change (of which accountability is likely to be a key part) requires the overhaul of political, legal and social institutions.
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