reorder

[ ree-awr-der ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to put in order again: to reorder the card file.

  2. to give a reorder for: to reorder the books before they're completely sold out.

verb (used without object)
  1. to order goods again.

noun
  1. a second or repeated order for the same goods: to put through a reorder for those lamps.

Origin of reorder

1
First recorded in 1585–95; re- + order

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How to use reorder in a sentence

  • Kelter began a soft and soothing discourse which led nowhere at first but ended finally in a re-order for four hot Scotches.

    The Danger Mark | Robert W. Chambers
  • You have to think out a whole new set of dispositions, and to re-order all your great body of men.

  • Don't you understand that society must re-order itself presently out of all this?

    Scaramouche | Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for reorder

reorder

/ (riːˈɔːdə) /


verb(tr)
  1. to request (something) to be supplied again or differently

  2. to arrange, regulate, or dispose (articles) in their proper places again

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