reorder

See also: re-order

English

Alternative forms

• re-order

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.

Proto-Italic *ordōder.

Latin ōrdinem

Old French ordneder.

Middle English ordre

English order

English reorder

From re- + order.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

1. (transitive) To 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. (transitive) To order (a product, etc.) again.

   We reorder printer paper about once a month.

3. (transitive) To order or command again; to repeat an instruction to.
   • 1972, Charles J. Schoefer, Michael E. Tigar, Selective Service Law Reporter:

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

Derived terms

• reorderability
• reorderable
• reorderer
• reordrant

Translations

order again, give a new order to

• Bulgarian: пренаре́ждам impf (prenaréždam), пренаредя́ pf (prenaredjá)
• Finnish: uudelleenjärjestää
• German: nachbestellen (de)
• Swedish: ordna om, sortera om, arrangera om

Noun

reorder (plural reorders)

1. The process of ordering something again.

   manual reorders of stock

Derived terms

• reorder tone

Anagrams

• errored, orderer