/ English Dictionary

REORDER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A repeated order for the same merchandise

Example:

he's the one who sends out all the new orders and reorders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("reorder" is a kind of...):

order; purchase order (a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Assign a new order to

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "reorder" is one way to...):

grade; order; place; range; rank; rate (assign a rank or rating to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reorder"):

invert; reverse (reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of)

countermarch (change the order of soldiers during a march)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

reordering (a rearrangement in a different order)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a new request to be supplied with

Example:

The store had to reorder the popular CD several times

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "reorder" is one way to...):

order (make a request for something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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