Reorganize
[rɪ'ɔrgə'naɪz]
Definition
(verb.) organize anew; 'We must reorganize the company if we don't want to go under'.
(verb.) organize anew, as after a setback.
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Definition
(v. t. & i.) To organize again or anew; as, to reorganize a society or an army.
Typist: Marietta
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rearrange, reconstitute, reassemble
ANT:Dissolve, disband, dissipate, disperse, derange, dismember, disintegrate
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Examples
- Then we are thrown back upon ourselves to reorganize our own attitude before proceeding to a definite and irretrievable course of action. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He had deposed and murdered his father Chosroes II, and he was attempting to reorganize the Persian military forces. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was not followed, however, by the enemy, and was thereby enabled to reorganize his command as soon as covered from the guns of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But the enemy reorganized and renewed the assault. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Through its critical process true knowledge is revised and extended, and our convictions as to the state of things reorganized. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He found this barred, and the defeated Confederate cavalry, reorganized, occupying the opposite side. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There was a real sustained attempt to unite all Christendom under a purified and reorganized church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was, however, for some reason laid aside till 1851, when it was reorganized and put in service at the World’s Fair in London in competition with the American machines. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was reorganized as a distinctive cult by Chang Daoling in the days of the Han dynasty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They have not, however, been reorganized in content and aim; they have only been reduced in amount. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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