reorder

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verb

To place in a new order; to rearrange.

“manual reorders of stock”

OriginEnglish order ← Middle English ordre ← Old French ordne →
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Meanings

verbreorder (third-person singular simple present reorders, present participle reordering, simple past and past participle reordered)

present singular third person reorders · participle present reordering · participle past reordered · past reordered · alternative re-order

  1. transitiveTo place in a new order; to rearrange.

    The books were sorted by title, but I'm going to reorder them by author's surname.

  2. transitiveTo order (a product, etc.) again.

    We reorder printer paper about once a month.

  3. transitiveTo order or command again; to repeat an instruction to.

    The Board granted the postponement and reordered him to report for induction on June 18, 1970.

    1972, Charles J. Schoefer, Michael E. Tigar, Selective Service Law Reporter
nounreorder (plural reorders)

plural reorders · alternative re-order

  1. The process of ordering something again.

    manual reorders of stock

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  7. Proto-Italic*ordō
  8. Latinōrdinem
  9. Old Frenchordne
  10. Middle Englishordre
  11. Englishorder
  12. Englishreorder

From re- + order.

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Translations

Bulgarian пренаре́ждам, пренаредя́
  • пренаре́ждам (prenaréždam)order again, give a new order to
  • пренаредя́ (prenaredjá)order again, give a new order to
Finnish uudelleenjärjestää
  • uudelleenjärjestääorder again, give a new order to
German nachbestellen
  • nachbestellenorder again, give a new order to
Swedish ordna om, sortera om
  • ordna omorder again, give a new order to
  • sortera omorder again, give a new order to
  • arrangera omorder again, give a new order to

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

erroredorderer
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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