reorient

[ree-awr-ee-ent, -ohr-]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to orient again or anew.

adjective

1. Rare.,  rising anew.

reorient

/ riːˈɔːrɪənt /

verb

1. to adjust or align (something) in a new or different way

Other Word Forms

• reorientation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of reorient¹

First recorded in 1930–35; re- + orient

Example Sentences

He’s reoriented the story and its characters around race, and it’s worth mentioning that Bob and Perfidia’s blended family looks a bit like Anderson’s own with wife and actor Maya Rudolph.

From Los Angeles Times

The change would reallocate the Forest Service’s firefighting budget to the new agency and fundamentally reorient its mission to one of extraction and recreation.

From Los Angeles Times

Clubs are hiring managers who believe in it, academies are shaping players to fit it, and football education globally is being reoriented around it.

From BBC

And it seems like she knows when it’s a good time to reorient.

From Salon

A tariff war would force companies to reorient supply chains.

From Los Angeles Times

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