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reorganization

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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

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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
  • Finnish: uudelleenjärjestely — result
  • French: réorganisation — result
  • Greek: αναδιοργάνωση (anadiorgánosi) — result
  • Swedish: omorganisation — result
Real reading context

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