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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)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they reorder ... he / she / it reorders
Past simple: reordered
Past participle: reordered
-ing form: reordering
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
