reordering
- noun
- /ˌriːˈɔːrdərɪŋ/
- The book's reordering of chapters made it easier to follow the author's argument.
- a radical reordering
- the reordering of hierarchies
- the reordering of society
You know, this garbage that is all about reordering our society is that it tries to pretend that we all have motivations that we clearly don't.
- You know, this garbage that is all about reordering our society is that it tries to pretend that we all have motivations that we clearly don't.
Examples
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Crucial to the Awakening was the reordering of these threats.
Academic text (2008) -
The wholesale reordering of nature is not a thing we'd consider lightly.
Fiction book (1998) -
Rather, they were a selective reordering of what was and what should be.
Academic text (1995) -
What are the causes of this reordering of priorities?
Academic text (1996) -
Such a transformation would open the way for a fundamental reordering of American defense posture.
Academic text (1996) -
The process may well require a reordering of its present fiscal and budgetary priorities.
Academic text (2003) -
Freer trade was an integral part of that reordering and may have the most enduring and successful legacy of that process.
Academic text (2004) -
The Pai strategy of winning settler approval for remaining in their homeland required a radical reordering of Native social structure.
Academic text (1998) -
The team conducted a thorough reordering of the project schedule to meet the new deadlines.
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After careful analysis, the researchers implemented a reordering of the data to improve clarity.
Synonyms
The way things are placed or organized in a place
Arranging things in a particular sequence so they are easy to find
Putting things like steps or events in a particular order
A change in the way things are arranged to make them work better
A change in the way parts of a group or system are arranged
A change in the order or position of things
A change in the order of people or things in a group
A complete change in how something looks or works
An order of parts or ideas that makes them easy to understand
Changing the order or position of things, for example swapping letters
Changing the order of things to make a process work better
Putting things in a certain order by time, size, or other features
Putting things back in the correct order
An act of putting things in a new order to change where they are
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Etymology
The word reordering comes from the part re- meaning 'again' and the word order meaning 'arrange'. So, reordering is simply arranging something again or putting things into a new order, like moving chapters or items to different places.