restructure

See also: restructuré

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English structure

English restructure

From re- + structure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈstɹʌktʃə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Verb

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

1. To change the organization of.
   • 2021 November 5, Chris Cillizza, “Even Democrats are now admitting ‘Defund the Police’ was a massive mistake”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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.

2. (finance) To modify the terms of a loan, providing relief to a debtor who would otherwise be forced to default.
   • 2017 January 18, Sid Lowe, “Chaos at Mestalla: Valencia's journey from Champions League to utter disarray”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     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.

Derived terms

• restructurable
• restructurism
• restructurist

Translations

to change the organization of

• Asturian: reestructurar
• Catalan: reestructurar (ca)
• Danish: omstrukturere
• Esperanto: alistrukturi
• French: restructurer (fr)
• Galician: reestruturar (gl)
• Georgian: რესტრუქტურიზებას უწევს (resṭrukṭurizebas uc̣evs), რესტრუქტურიზაციას ახდენს (resṭrukṭurizacias axdens)
• German: umstrukturieren (de)
• Italian: ristrutturare (it)
• Portuguese: reestruturar (pt)
• Russian: реструктури́ровать (ru) impf or pf (restrukturírovatʹ), перестра́ивать (ru) impf (perestráivatʹ), перестро́ить (ru) pf (perestróitʹ)
• Spanish: reestructurar (es)
• Swedish: omstrukturera (sv)
• Ukrainian: реструктурува́ти impf or pf (restrukturuváty), перебудо́вувати impf (perebudóvuvaty), перебудува́ти pf (perebuduváty)

Noun

restructure (plural restructures)

1. A reorganization.
   • 2009 March 24, Liam Walsh, “Suncorp remodel job risk”, in Herald Sun‎^[3]:

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

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: restructurent, restructures

Verb

restructure

1. inflection of restructurer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

restructure

1. inflection of restructurar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative