单词 | reorganize |
释义 | reorganize (once / 1189 pages) v When you change the way something is structured or arranged, you reorganize it. If you can never find two matching socks when you get dressed in the morning, you might want to reorganize your sock drawer. You might reorganize your stamp collection, sorting them by color instead of country. And a government may reorganize a country's entire economy, focusing on tourism instead of exporting oil, for example. Reorganize adds the "again" prefix re- to organize, a verb rooted in the Latin organum, "instrument or tool." Organize is related to organ, and its very earliest meaning was "arrange into a living being." WORD FAMILYreorganize: reorganization, reorganized, reorganizes, reorganizing+/disorganization: disorganizations/disorganize: disorganization, disorganized, disorganizes, disorganizing/organization: organizational, organizations, self-organization/organizational: organizationally/organize: disorganize, organization, organized, organizer, organizes, organizing, reorganize/organized: unorganized/organizer: organizers/reorganization: reorganizations USAGE EXAMPLESThus was a form of politics designed in Europe and organized against Jews in their dispersion reorganized against Jews gathered in their homeland. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) The Career Development Center at Loyola University Chicago was reorganized about three years ago to expand and better prepare students for their careers. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Its bus network was completely reorganized to deliver passengers to the stations in time to catch trains. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1v organize anew We must reorganize the company if we don't want to go under Syn|Hypo|Hyper reorganise, shake up retool, revise revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving organise, organize cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea 2v organize anew, as after a setback Syn|Hyper regroup, reorganise form, organise, organize create (as an entity) |
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