REORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reorder mean? 

• REORDER (noun)
  The noun REORDER has 1 sense:

1. a repeated order for the same merchandise

  Familiarity information: REORDER used as a noun is very rare.

• REORDER (verb)
  The verb REORDER has 2 senses:

1. assign a new order to

2. make a new request to be supplied with

  Familiarity information: REORDER used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A repeated order for the same merchandise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

he's the one who sends out all the new orders and reorders

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)

• REORDER (verb)

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The store had to reorder the popular CD several times

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

order (make a request for something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something