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REPOSITION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Depositing in a warehouse

Example:

publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing

Synonyms:

repositing; reposition; storage; warehousing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

deposit; deposition (the act of putting something somewhere)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reposition"):

stockpiling (accumulating and storing a reserve supply)

Derivation:

reposit (put (something) in a place for storage)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place into another position

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

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

reduce (reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

repositioning (the act of placing in a new position)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Change place or direction

Example:

Shift one's position

Synonyms:

dislodge; reposition; shift

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

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

beat down (dislodge from a position)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

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