noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act or process of rearranging. See reorganize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The end result of such an act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
an extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or government
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
after the takeover there was a thorough reorganization
the reorganization was prescribed by federal bankruptcy laws
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: revision, alteration
4
noun
Meaning 4
the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum
top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organization, organisation
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English organization English reorganization From re- + organization.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
рэарганіза́цыя
(rearhanizácyja)
— act or process
Bulgarian:
преустройство
(preustrojstvo)
— act or process
Bulgarian:
реорганизация
(reorganizacija)
— act or process
Catalan:
reorganització
— act or process
Finnish:
uudelleenjärjestely
— act or process
French:
réorganisation
— act or process
Galician:
reorganización
— act or process
German:
Neuausrichtung
— act or process
Greek:
αναδιοργάνωση
(anadiorgánosi)
— act or process
Hungarian:
átszervezés
— act or process
Hungarian:
újjászervezés
— act or process
Italian:
riorganizzazione
— act or process
Mongolian:
өөрчлөн байгуулалт
(öörčlön bajguulalt)
— act or process
Polish:
reorganizacja
— act or process
Portuguese:
reorganização
— act or process
Russian:
реорганиза́ция
(reorganizácija)
— act or process
Spanish:
reorganización
— act or process
Swedish:
omorganisation
— act or process
Turkish:
reorganizasyon
— act or process
Ukrainian:
реорганіза́ція
(reorhanizácija)
— act or process