reorganize

American  

[ree-awr-guh-nahyz] / riˈɔr gəˌnaɪz /

especially British, reorganise

verb (used with or without object)

reorganized, reorganizing

1. to organize again.

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reorganize British  

/ riːˈɔːɡəˌnaɪz /

verb

1. to change the way (something) is organized

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Other Word Forms

• reorganizer noun
• unreorganized adjective

Etymology

Origin of reorganize

First recorded in 1675–85; re- + organize

Example Sentences

Beijing also reorganized its defense industry, which was dominated by state giants that had struggled with inefficiency and corruption while resisting government efforts to foster collaboration with civilian partners.

From The Wall Street Journal

Betting subtly reorganizes the habits of attention on which intellectual and civic life depend.

From The Wall Street Journal

A study published in Nature highlights how several brain regions work together to reorganize memories over time, with checkpoints that help assess how significant each memory is and how durable it should be.

From Science Daily

Last year, McDonald reorganized his leadership team as part of a push to cut the two-year product-development cycle roughly in half.

From The Wall Street Journal

It takes time for the work processes inside of companies to be reorganized and refined around new information technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• reconstruct
• reshuffle
• restructure
• revamp