reorganize

[ ree-awr-guh-nahyz ]

verb (used with or without object)

, re·or·gan·ized, re·or·gan·iz·ing.

1. to organize again.

reorganize

/ riːˈɔːɡəˌnaɪz /

verb

1. to change the way (something) is organized

Other Words From

• re·organ·izer noun
• unre·organ·ized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of reorganize¹

First recorded in 1675–85; re- + organize

Example Sentences

He’ll reorganize the Mar-a-Lago staff under new designations.

From Washington Post

What’s more, the entire health care system has reorganized itself around the ACA, which means that nearly everyone in the country could feel the impact if the law were struck down.

From FiveThirtyEight

NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia have already begun laying off thousands of employees this year while reorganizing their businesses around streaming.

From Digiday

Instead, they are reorganizing in ways that will remove the barriers as they shift their businesses to streaming, but not so abruptly as to overburden their streaming properties with the full weight of their businesses.

From Digiday

Goldman, for its part, has also been quietly reorganizing its digital assets and cryptocurrency team.

From Fortune

She can reorganize her own molecules, make computers with her brain, talk to dinosaurs.

From The Daily Beast

Before he could implement the new strategies, McCarthy had to reorganize the department itself.

From The Daily Beast

The plan for American Airlines was to reorganize, not to liquidate, as many failed companies do.

From The Daily Beast

And newspapers in Los Angeles, Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, and New Haven scramble to reorganize in bankruptcy.

From The Daily Beast

It took Lawrence some little time to reorganize his troop, and to fill the places of those who fell in the fight with Red Jerry.

From Project Gutenberg

With exceeding reluctance I am obliged to give them time to rest and reorganize their troops.

From Project Gutenberg

To reorganize will take several weeks; but we have to try and act within two or three days.

From Project Gutenberg

At least, it is certain that no attempt was ever made to reorganize that battery—it was literally wiped out then and there.

From Project Gutenberg

I at once began to reorganize things in Liverpool, and to develop our business.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• reconstruct
• reshuffle
• restructure
• revamp