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🐝 To add new queen 👑 To replace leader
to requeen

to requeen

9.6
Put a new leader in charge of a group to improve its work
  • verb
  • /riːˈkwiːn/
: cambiar de liderazgo
  • After the scandal, the board decided to requeen the company by appointing a new CEO.

Examples

  • When the project failed, the team was requeened with a new manager to improve results.

  • The club chose to requeen its leadership to bring in fresh ideas and energy.

  • Don't requeen yet!

  • The board decided to requeen the leadership team.

  • After the scandal, the board decided to requeen the company by appointing a new CEO.

  • The club chose to requeen its leadership to bring in fresh ideas and energy.

  • When the project failed, the team was requeened with a new manager to improve results.

Surface Forms

requeen infinitive
requeened past
requeened past participle
requeening present participle
requeens third person singular

Morphology

requeen = queen (semi-transparent) = re + queen

Formally 're-' + 'queen' is transparent, but the sense 'replace the leader of an organization' is a metaphorical extension beyond the concrete beekeeping meaning and may not be predictable to all learners.

Etymology

Requeen comes from re- ('again') and queen ('leader'), so when people use it for a group or company it means to replace the leader by choosing a new person.