Standard Lemma guide

reorder

noun · verb · 7 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.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of ordering something again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • manual reorders of stock

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To place in a new order; to rearrange.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The books were sorted by title, but I'm going to reorder them by author's surname.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To order (a product, etc.) again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • We reorder printer paper about once a month.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To order or command again; to repeat an instruction to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a repeated order for the same merchandise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he's the one who sends out all the new orders and reorders

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: order, purchase order

6

verb

Meaning 6

assign a new order to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rate, rank, range, order, grade, place

Narrower terms: invert, reverse, countermarch

7

verb

Meaning 7

make a new request to be supplied with

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The store had to reorder the popular CD several times

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: order

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *h2er-der. Proto-Italic *ordōder. Latin ōrdinem Old French ordneder. Middle English ordre English order English reorder From re- + order.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пренаре́ждам (prenaréždam) — order again, give a new order to
  • Bulgarian: пренаредя́ (prenaredjá) — order again, give a new order to
  • Finnish: uudelleenjärjestää — order again, give a new order to
  • German: nachbestellen — order again, give a new order to
  • Swedish: ordna om — order again, give a new order to
  • Swedish: sortera om — order again, give a new order to
  • Swedish: arrangera om — order again, give a new order to