reorder
Americanverb (used with object)
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reorders,
present (3rd person singular)
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reordered,
past participle, past
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reordering
present participle
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to put in order again.
to reorder the card file.
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to give a reorder for.
to reorder the books before they're completely sold out.
verb (used without object)
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reorders,
present (3rd person singular)
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reordered,
past participle, past
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reordering
present participle
noun
verb
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to request (something) to be supplied again or differently
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to arrange, regulate, or dispose (articles) in their proper places again
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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reordersimple
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reorderssimple
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have reorderedperfect
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has reorderedperfect
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am reorderingprogressive
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are reorderingprogressive
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is reorderingprogressive
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have been reorderingperfect progressive
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has been reorderingperfect progressive
Past
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reorderedsimple
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had reorderedperfect
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was reorderingprogressive
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were reorderingprogressive
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had been reorderingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of reorder
Example Sentences
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“In retail, this means agents can continuously monitor sales, supply chains, inventory and consumer behavior, and autonomously adjust prices, reorder stock and tailor marketing in real time,” Chen said.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026
Alexander has doubled the space devoted to clothing and recently placed a large reorder of handbags priced at $175 and up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
Its extraordinary success stands as a potent reminder—particularly for policymakers—of how quickly innovation can reorder entire industries.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
"Or they were being promised it and then it was being given to other patients, so then we were having to reorder the stock. It wasn't pleasant."
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
The words tried to jumble themselves up and reorder themselves, but I willed them back into place and read on.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Greenland’s rising profile in international affairs reflects the larger global scramble for the Arctic as climate change opens maritime routes and reorders geopolitics at the top of the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
New releases often fail to meet demand, and reorders take even longer, leaving little capacity for lesser-known eclectic albums, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
His cutup rearranges, revises, reorders and reduces Purcell’s score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2020
“We’re getting significant reorders from all our accounts,” Mr. Burke said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2017
The reorders from the local stores came in slowly, too slowly for our set-up.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Investors are waking up to the harsh realities and the financial penalties of a reordered, reactionary world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
His top holdings include Germany’s Deutsche Bank and Spain’s BBVA, and Japanese industrial firms that are benefiting from reordered supply chains and government reforms.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
If supply chains fragmented and had to be reordered this would hit UK growth and push up inflation.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
But first-time candidate Garvey, a National League MVP and former star for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, reordered the contest that also features Democratic Reps.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
I reordered the upload sequence so the files I needed access to right away would get transferred first.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Jesus wasn’t offering a mild religious sentiment; he was announcing a reordering of the world.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
To better understand why reordering American life trumped creating shareholder value, consider a recent paper that calculated the compound returns for publicly listed companies from 1925 to 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
Elsewhere in the region, a rapid reordering of relations and alliances is taking place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026
President Trump’s first year back in the White House was punctuated by tariff uncertainty, a reordering of global trade and a shake-up in financial markets — but not the recession that some feared.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 4, 2026
“So you spend years developing the perfect organizational system, which even has a convenient place for your historical-fictional-travelogue-memoir. You and the scrivs spend decades slowly identifying, sorting and reordering tens of thousands of books.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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