reorganize
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of reorganize
Explanation
When you change the way something is structured or arranged, you reorganize it. If you can never find two matching socks when you get dressed in the morning, you might want to reorganize your sock drawer. You might reorganize your stamp collection, sorting them by color instead of country. And a government may reorganize a country's entire economy, focusing on tourism instead of exporting oil, for example. Reorganize adds the "again" prefix re- to organize, a verb rooted in the Latin organum, "instrument or tool." Organize is related to organ, and its very earliest meaning was "arrange into a living being."
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Example Sentences
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Rather than remaining fixed in place, these complex sugar molecules constantly shift and reorganize.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
The company will reshape its technology team, streamline manufacturing and reorganize its materials supply chain for responsiveness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
This led them to identify "yield stress" as the controlling factor, which is the amount of pressure required to move and reorganize the bubbles.
From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026
I tell this story as a word of caution, because it can be very tempting to treat spring cleaning as an opportunity to reorganize your kitchen entirely.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
I clean the house, reorganize the linen closet, teach myself how to fold fitted sheets.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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