restructure

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UK/ɹiːˈstɹʌkt͡ʃə(ɹ)/Canada, US/ɹiˈstɹʌkt͡ʃɚ/Australia, New Zealand/ɹiːˈstɹɐkt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

verb

To change the organization of.

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reconstitute
OriginEnglish structure ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

verbrestructure (third-person singular simple present restructures, present participle restructuring, simple past and past participle restructured)

present singular third person restructures · participle present restructuring · participle past restructured · past restructured

  1. To change the organization of.
    1 more example

    On Tuesday, a proposal to fundamentally restructure the Minneapolis police department in the wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020 was soundly defeated, a setback that even many Democrats acknowledged could be laid at the feet of the “defund the police” movement that some within the party embraced last summer.

    2021 November 5, Chris Cillizza, “Even Democrats are now admitting ‘Defund the Police’ was a massive mistake”, in CNN
  2. businessTo modify the terms of a loan, providing relief to a debtor who would otherwise be forced to default.

    Valencia were in crisis, a club with two stadiums – one they could not sell and one that they could not afford to finish building – and a debt of €230m, the repayment of which was restructured.

    2017 January 18, Sid Lowe, “Chaos at Mestalla: Valencia's journey from Champions League to utter disarray”, in The Guardian
nounrestructure (plural restructures)

plural restructures

  1. A reorganization.

    We found this in the 1990s when organisations went through some fairly severe restructures.

    2009 March 24, Liam Walsh, “Suncorp remodel job risk”, in Herald Sun

Synonyms & antonyms

verbconstruct or form anew or provide with a new structure

Similar
reconstitute
Broader
structure
Also see
rearchitectreconstituterestructuring

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishstructure
  7. Englishrestructure

From re- + structure.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan reestructurar
  • reestructurarto change the organization of
Danish omstrukturere
  • omstrukturereto change the organization of
Esperanto alistrukturi
  • alistrukturito change the organization of
French restructurer
  • restructurerto change the organization of
German umstrukturieren
  • umstrukturierento change the organization of
Italian ristrutturare
  • ristrutturareto change the organization of
Portuguese reestruturar
  • reestruturarto change the organization of
Russian реструктури́ровать, перестра́ивать
  • реструктури́ровать (restrukturírovatʹ)to change the organization of
  • перестра́ивать (perestráivatʹ)to change the organization of
  • перестро́ить (perestróitʹ)to change the organization of
Spanish reestructurar
  • reestructurarto change the organization of
Swedish omstrukturera
  • omstrukturerato change the organization of
Ukrainian реструктурува́ти, перебудо́вувати
  • реструктурува́ти (restrukturuváty)to change the organization of
  • перебудо́вувати (perebudóvuvaty)to change the organization of
  • перебудува́ти (perebuduváty)to change the organization of
Cite this entry
APA

restructure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restructure

MLA

“restructure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restructure. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “restructure,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restructure.

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