reorganize
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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Present
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reorganizesimple
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reorganizessimple
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have reorganizedperfect
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has reorganizedperfect
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am reorganizingprogressive
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are reorganizingprogressive
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is reorganizingprogressive
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have been reorganizingperfect progressive
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has been reorganizingperfect progressive
Past
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reorganizedsimple
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had reorganizedperfect
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was reorganizingprogressive
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were reorganizingprogressive
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had been reorganizingperfect progressive
Future
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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Under the plan, Dish intends to reorganize the business and pay down debt once the $20.25 billion of proceeds from the AT&T sale are received.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
I don’t think I would trust him to reorganize my pantry.
From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026
“This highlights that chimpanzees have a sense of group identity that goes beyond familiarity or lack thereof, which, as in humans, can reorganize in the face of changing relationships and social contexts.”
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
He called an all-hands meeting for faculty and staff and said the school needed to reorganize and reduce staffing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Outside in the churchyard the leaderless horde did absolutely nothing to reorganize.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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