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to reorder

to reorder

3 2.7
To arrange items again in a different order
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈɔːrdər/
translation icon : reorganizar
  • You can reorder the chapters in your report to improve the flow of information.
  • reordering priorities
  • reordering the matrix

Like sorting A sorted array is one way to reorder your data items.

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Examples

  • With that information, we reorder the execution at the cell and block levels.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The GPS dot will fundamentally reorder your life, but will you be able to resist the temptation to track your fellow man?

  • But that disorder is allowing my wife and I to reorder in a new and interesting way that is bringing us closer together.

  • And we wanted them to be non sequential so that you could group them and reorder them and work with them yourself.

  • After the exhibitions closed, he issued the images in book form, reordered as sequences.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The Society seeks reordering priorities within the legal system to place a premium on individual liberty.

    Academic text (2005)

  • All the images could be reordered to first present icons, followed by indices and then symbols.

    Academic text (2014)

  • This is all represented in your brain and dopamine, sneaky dopamine has a big role in when we reorder our priorities.

  • In general, instruction scheduling reorders instructions subject to control flow and data dependence constraints.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Awareness of divine revelation reorders one's awareness of God's presence in one's life and clarifies what is already implicitly known.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

to arrange
vsto reorder
162 1.7

To put things or information in a clear, neat order

adds the idea of doing this again to change an existing sequence
to rearrange
vsto reorder
48 2.1

To move things so they are in a new order

focuses on assigning a new sequence rather than general layout
to reorganize
vsto reorder
43 3.4

To change the way something is arranged to make it work better

focuses on changing sequence without necessarily aiming to improve structure
to reshuffle
vsto reorder
7 4.8

To change the order of people or objects, for example cards

applies to changing sequence in general, not only role or personnel moves
to transpose
vsto reorder
5 6.8

Change the order of things or swap their places

is broader, focusing on assigning a new sequence rather than swapping positions
to rejigger
vsto reorder
  • Informal
2 7.8

To change something a little so it works better

involves assigning a new sequence rather than small informal tweaks
to permute
vsto reorder
  • Specialized
1 8.2

To change the order of things like letters or tiles

is used for repeating placement without implying a full set change
to redispose
vsto reorder
8.5

To arrange something again in a different way

emphasizes assigning a new sequence rather than simply relocating items
to reassort
vsto reorder
6.7

To sort things again into new groups or order

is about assigning a new sequence rather than regrouping into categories

Antonyms

to disarrange
1 6.4

To make something messy or not in the right order

How Rearranged

to randomize
  • Specialized
24 6.1
to shuffle
20 2.7
to permute
  • Specialized
1 8.2
to reorder
3 2.7
to transpose
5 6.8
to swap
119 2.1

Surface Forms

reorder infinitive
reordered past
reordered past participle
reordering present participle
reorders third person singular

Morphology

reorder = order (transparent) = re + order

This is a regular use of re- meaning 'again' attached to the verb 'order' in the sense 'arrange'.

Etymology

Reorder is made of re- 'again' and order 'to arrange'. So to reorder something is to arrange it 'again' in a new sequence or order.