reorganize
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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Present
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reorganizesimple
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reorganizessimple
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have reorganizedperfect
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has reorganizedperfect
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am reorganizingprogressive
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are reorganizingprogressive
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is reorganizingprogressive
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have been reorganizingperfect progressive
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has been reorganizingperfect progressive
Past
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reorganizedsimple
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had reorganizedperfect
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was reorganizingprogressive
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were reorganizingprogressive
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had been reorganizingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of reorganize
Explanation
When you change the way something is structured or arranged, you reorganize it. If you can never find two matching socks when you get dressed in the morning, you might want to reorganize your sock drawer. You might reorganize your stamp collection, sorting them by color instead of country. And a government may reorganize a country's entire economy, focusing on tourism instead of exporting oil, for example. Reorganize adds the "again" prefix re- to organize, a verb rooted in the Latin organum, "instrument or tool." Organize is related to organ, and its very earliest meaning was "arrange into a living being."
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The prepackaged plan, backed by 88% of creditors, aims to reorganize the business and pay down debt using $20.25 billion from the sale of spectrum to AT&T.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
I don’t think I would trust him to reorganize my pantry.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
These kinds of abrupt changes, called millennial-scale climate events, reveal that Earth's climate system can reorganize much faster than would be expected from slow changes in Earth's orbit alone.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
“This highlights that chimpanzees have a sense of group identity that goes beyond familiarity or lack thereof, which, as in humans, can reorganize in the face of changing relationships and social contexts.”
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026
I clean the house, reorganize the linen closet, teach myself how to fold fitted sheets.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
This appears to reflect how the brain adapts and reorganizes itself after injury.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026
Betting subtly reorganizes the habits of attention on which intellectual and civic life depend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
As in the Stevens poem, Procter said, it’s as if “the pot reorganizes everything around it.”
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
The move comes as the David Zaslav-helmed company reorganizes and sheds thousands of workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
De Gourmont is supremely the critic, the man who digests, interprets, reorganizes the thoughts of other men and in the process adds to those thoughts.
From The Critical Game by Macy, John Albert
Worried the World Cup was slipping through their fingers the bid committee reorganized in a way that made it, well, more united.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
The bondholders may wind up owning the bankrupt company if it is reorganized, or could get back some of their investment if the company is liquidated, while the stockholders would get nothing.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
The bigger story: China’s consumer internet is being reorganized around proximity.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
By 2021, Nike had reorganized its China team so that many employees no longer specialized in individual sports, instead focusing on broad categories such as men, women and children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Once again, the SS-HJ was reorganized and sent to Hungary to slow the Russian army as it advanced toward Germany from the east.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Contracts to supply computing power for artificial-intelligence calculations have become such a fixture of the craze that whole industries have begun reorganizing around them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
PayPal recently announced that it would be reorganizing its business under three units.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
Niccol is also reorganizing Starbucks’s operations, including opening a $100 million corporate office in Nashville, Tenn., set to house 2,000 workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
"This pattern suggests the brain may be reorganizing itself, essentially rejuvenating undamaged networks to compensate for lost function."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026
I make a big show of reorganizing my med cart, secretly slipping notes under Will’s door every time I’m in the hallway to get more supplies.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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