reorder

[ree-awr-der]

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.

Origin of reorder

First recorded in 1585–95; re- + order

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Related Words for re-order

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

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Historical Examples of re-order

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

British Dictionary definitions for re-order

reorder

verb (tr)

to request (something) to be supplied again or differently

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

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Word Origin and History for re-order

reorder

also re-order, c.1600, "to set in order again," from re- + order (v.). From 1810 as "repeat an order." Related: Reordered; reordering.