reorganize

[ ree-awr-guh-nahyz ]

/ riˈɔr gəˌnaɪz /

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verb (used with or without object), re·or·gan·ized, re·or·gan·iz·ing.

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Also especially British, re·or·gan·ise .

Origin of reorganize

First recorded in 1675–85; re- + organize

OTHER WORDS FROM reorganize

re·or·gan·iz·er, nounun·re·or·gan·ized, adjective

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How to use reorganize in a sentence

An attempt was therefore made to re-organize at once for another attack, but this was found impossible.
The Fifth Leicestershire|J.D. Hills
So I set to work to gather up the fragments of my property, and re-organize the business.
Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again|Joseph Barker
Bustamante immediately took steps to re-organize the government and to place the finances of the colony on a sound footing.
The Audiencia in the Spanish Colonies|Charles Henry Cunningham
Thus the unions would retain their confidence and be enabled to re-organize them at an early date.
The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons|William Z. Foster

Re-organize the eastern part of Utah, (the Mormon country), as an Aboriginal territory.
The American Indian as Slaveholder and Seccessionist|Annie Heloise Abel

British Dictionary definitions for reorganize

reorganize

reorganise

/ (riːˈɔːɡəˌnaɪz) /

verb (tr)

to change the way (something) is organized

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