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regroup

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹiːɡɹuːp/
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  • /ɹiːˈɡɹuːp/
  • rhymes with -uːp
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY0 G R UW1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An act of regrouping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To pause and become organized again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To group or categorize again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To reform as a group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

reorganize into new groups

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: group

6

verb

Meaning 6

organize anew, as after a setback

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reorganize, reorganise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: form, organize, organise

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French regrouper. By surface analysis, re- + group.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: перагрупо́ўвацца (pjerahrupówvacca) — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Belarusian: перагрупава́цца (pjerahrupavácca) — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Bulgarian: прегрупирам (pregrupiram) — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Finnish: järjestäytyä uudelleen — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Greek: ανασυγκροτώ (anasygkrotó) — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Hungarian: átcsoportosít — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Hungarian: átrendez — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Māori: tapitapi — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Polish: przegrupowywać się — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Polish: przegrupować się — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Polish: zbierać myśli — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Polish: zebrać myśli — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Romanian: regrupa — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Russian: перегруппиро́вываться (peregruppiróvyvatʹsja) — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Russian: перегруппирова́ться (peregruppirovátʹsja) — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Spanish: reagruparse — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Swedish: omgruppera — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Ukrainian: перегрупо́вуватися (perehrupóvuvatysja) — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Ukrainian: перегрупува́тися (perehrupuvátysja) — pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • Belarusian: перагрупо́ўваць (pjerahrupówvacʹ) — group or categorize again (transitive)
  • Belarusian: перагрупава́ць (pjerahrupavácʹ) — group or categorize again (transitive)
  • Dutch: hergroeperen — group or categorize again (transitive)
  • Hungarian: újraosztályoz — group or categorize again (transitive)
  • Polish: przegrupowywać — group or categorize again (transitive)
  • Polish: przegrupować — group or categorize again (transitive)
  • Russian: перегруппиро́вывать (peregruppiróvyvatʹ) — group or categorize again (transitive)
  • Russian: перегруппирова́ть (peregruppirovátʹ) — group or categorize again (transitive)
  • Spanish: reagrupar — group or categorize again (transitive)
  • Swedish: omgruppera — group or categorize again (transitive)
  • Ukrainian: перегрупо́вувати (perehrupóvuvaty) — group or categorize again (transitive)
  • Ukrainian: перегрупува́ти (perehrupuváty) — group or categorize again (transitive)
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