reorganize

/riˌɔrgəˈnaɪz/

/riˈɔgɪnaɪz/

Other forms: reorganized; reorganizing; reorganizes

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."

Definitions of reorganize

1. verb

   organize anew
   “We must reorganize the company if we don't want to go under”

   synonyms: reorganise, shake up

   types:

   retool, revise

   revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving

   type of:

   organise, organize

   cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
2. verb

   organize anew, as after a setback
   synonyms: regroup, reorganise

   type of:

   form, organise, organize

   create (as an entity)