definitions

reorder

[ ree-awr-der ]
/ riˈɔr dər /
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verb (used with object)

to put in order again: to reorder the card file.
to give a reorder for: to reorder the books before they're completely sold out.

verb (used without object)

to order goods again.

noun

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

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RELATED WORDS

transmute, render, backtrack, move, commute, substitute, interchange, inverse, transfer, invert, transform, flip-flop, relocate, translate, alter, exchange, metamorphose, rearrange, transmogrify, put

Nearby words

reoccupy, reoccur, reoffend, reopen, reopener, reorder, reordination, reorganization, reorganize, reorient, reorientation

Origin of reorder

First recorded in 1585–95; re- + order
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for re-order

  • 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

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

    Scaramouche|Rafael Sabatini

  • You have to think out a whole new set of dispositions, and to re-order all your great body of men.

    A General Sketch of the European War|Hilaire Belloc

British Dictionary definitions for re-order

reorder

/ (riːˈɔːdə) /

verb (tr)

to request (something) to be supplied again or differently
to arrange, regulate, or dispose (articles) in their proper places again
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012