RESHUFFLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reshuffle mean? 

• RESHUFFLE (noun)
  The noun RESHUFFLE has 2 senses:

1. a redistribution of something

2. shuffling again

  Familiarity information: RESHUFFLE used as a noun is rare.

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

1. shuffle again

2. reorganize and assign posts to different people

  Familiarity information: RESHUFFLE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESHUFFLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A redistribution of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

there was a reshuffle of cabinet officers

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

reallocation; reallotment; reapportionment (a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results))

Derivation:

reshuffle (reorganize and assign posts to different people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shuffling again

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

reshuffle; reshuffling

Context example:

the gambler demanded a reshuffle

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

make; shuffle; shuffling (the act of mixing cards haphazardly)

Domain category:

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Derivation:

reshuffle (shuffle again)

• RESHUFFLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reshuffle    ... he / she / it reshuffles   
Past simple: reshuffled   
Past participle: reshuffled   
-ing form: reshuffling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shuffle again

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

So as to prevent cheating, he was asked to reshuffle the cards

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

mix; ruffle; shuffle (mix so as to make a random order or arrangement)

Domain category:

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

reshuffle; reshuffling (shuffling again)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Reorganize and assign posts to different people

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The new Prime Minister reshuffled his cabinet

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

rearrange (put into a new order or arrangement)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

reshuffle (a redistribution of something)