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.

to organize again.

Nearby words

reopen, reopener, reorder, reordination, reorganization, reorganize, reorient, reorientation, reoviridae, reovirus, rep

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

Origin of reorganize

First recorded in 1675–85; re- + organize

Related forms

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

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Examples from the Web for reorganize

She can reorganize her own molecules, make computers with her brain, talk to dinosaurs.
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Before he could implement the new strategies, McCarthy had to reorganize the department itself.
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The plan for American Airlines was to reorganize, not to liquidate, as many failed companies do.
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And newspapers in Los Angeles, Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, and New Haven scramble to reorganize in bankruptcy.
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In 1905 it was decided by the board to reorganize the college and remove it to Cambridge.
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Now that I'm a free man, I've got to reorganize a household.
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It may be they will have to reorganize some of their procedures to cope with this, won't they?
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I knew I had a fixed daily habit of drinking, and that if I quit drinking I should have to reorganize the entire works.
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And it was the Mutiny which compelled us to reorganize our Indian Army and make it the admirable fighting machine it now is.
Forty-one years in India|Frederick Sleigh Roberts

British Dictionary definitions for reorganize

reorganize

reorganise

/ (riːˈɔːɡəˌnaɪz) /

verb (tr)

to change the way (something) is organized

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reorganize

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

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British Dictionary definitions for reorganize

reorganize

reorganise

verb (tr)