regroup

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/ˈɹiːɡɹuːp//ɹiːˈɡɹuːp/

noun

An act of regrouping.

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Meanings

nounregroup (plural regroups)

plural regroups

verbregroup (third-person singular simple present regroups, present participle regrouping, simple past and past participle regrouped)

present singular third person regroups · participle present regrouping · participle past regrouped · past regrouped

  1. intransitiveTo pause and become organized again.

    As half-time approached with Everton desperate to get into the dressing room and regroup, Liverpool were awarded a penalty for Jagielka's rash challenge on Suarez. This time there was no disputing Atkinson's decision, but Howard rescued Everton by diving low to his left to keep out Kuyt's spot-kick.

    2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport
  2. transitiveTo group or categorize again.
  3. intransitiveTo reform as a group.

Synonyms & antonyms

verborganize anew, as after a setback

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchregrouper
  2. Englishregroup

Borrowed from French regrouper. By surface analysis, re- + group.

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Translations

Bulgarian прегрупирам
  • прегрупирам (pregrupiram)pause and get organized again (intransitive)
Dutch hergroeperen
  • hergroeperengroup or categorize again (transitive)
Finnish järjestäytyä uudelleen
  • järjestäytyä uudelleenpause and get organized again (intransitive)
Greek ανασυγκροτώ
  • ανασυγκροτώ (anasygkrotó)pause and get organized again (intransitive)
Hungarian átcsoportosít, átrendez
  • átcsoportosítpause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • átrendezpause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • újraosztályozgroup or categorize again (transitive)
Māori tapitapi
  • tapitapipause and get organized again (intransitive)
Polish przegrupowywać się, przegrupować się
  • przegrupowywać siępause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • przegrupować siępause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • zbierać myślipause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • zebrać myślipause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • przegrupowywaćgroup or categorize again (transitive)
  • przegrupowaćgroup or categorize again (transitive)
Romanian regrupa
  • regrupapause and get organized again (intransitive)
Russian перегруппиро́вываться, перегруппирова́ться
  • перегруппиро́вываться (peregruppiróvyvatʹsja)pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • перегруппирова́ться (peregruppirovátʹsja)pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • перегруппиро́вывать (peregruppiróvyvatʹ)group or categorize again (transitive)
  • перегруппирова́ть (peregruppirovátʹ)group or categorize again (transitive)
Spanish reagruparse, reagrupar
  • reagruparsepause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • reagrupargroup or categorize again (transitive)
Swedish omgruppera, omgruppera
  • omgrupperapause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • omgrupperagroup or categorize again (transitive)
Ukrainian перегрупо́вуватися, перегрупува́тися
  • перегрупо́вуватися (perehrupóvuvatysja)pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • перегрупува́тися (perehrupuvátysja)pause and get organized again (intransitive)
  • перегрупо́вувати (perehrupóvuvaty)group or categorize again (transitive)
  • перегрупува́ти (perehrupuváty)group or categorize again (transitive)

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

regroup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regroup

MLA

“regroup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regroup. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “regroup,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regroup.

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