to reposition
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3.9
- verb
- /ˌriːpəˈzɪʃən/
:
recolocar
- You look around, you resize, you reposition objects in virtual space, and it's shockingly smooth and natural.
- reposition the patient
- repositioning patients in bed
- help to reposition
They sliced them like a tic tac toe and then they reposition them.
- They sliced them like a tic tac toe and then they reposition them.
- So I can actually reposition these.
- You know, if a bee's coming at you, you don't just attack the beat, you kind of reposition yourself.
- So it wasn't me and we had to reposition some things, get some people out of here, bring some dogs in who really want it.
Examples
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Working in the digital domain lets users recolor, resize, reposition, and superpose images.
Academic text (1992) -
They had to reposition the furniture to create more space in the room.
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We need to reposition our brand.
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But I thought the point was that you wanted to reposition their products in the market?
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But we're also going to say, look, you know, how do we reposition our country so that you can breed more prosperity and success?
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I want all UK assets repositioned and fixed on them now.
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In just days, they came and repositioned the back of our house on its supports.
Fiction book (2001) -
In doing that, I was trying to reposition the field of anthropology within the natural history context.
Academic text (1999) -
They have to reposition the official South Pole marker because it can move 100 feet a year !
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As a result, Afro-Antilleans have attempted to reposition themselves nationally through participation in transnational circuits.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Move something to a particular place or position
∞
1.0
To put something in a particular position or job
683
2.0
Move someone or something from one place to another
159
2.5
To put something in a particular place carefully
61
3.9
Put someone or something in a certain place
48
2.1
To move things so they are in a new order
28
4.9
To move things or ideas into the right position
9
8.3
Move a shape or object in space without turning it
8
5.6
To change the direction or main focus of something
1
9.1
To put something firmly in a chosen place, often for machines or heavy equipment
1
3.6
To move something closer to the front, for example a chair
1
7.5
To move something from one part of a cell or body to another
To move something or someone to a new place
Put something in a certain place
How Far
147
3.7
528
2.7
23
3.9
167
1.0
317
2.7
33
3.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reposition breaks into re- meaning 'again' and position meaning 'place', from a word for 'to put'. So to reposition something is to 'put' it again in a new or better spot, which explains why we talk about repositioning a mirror, a sofa, or even a bone.