Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To order (the same goods) again.
  • intransitive verb To straighten out or put in order again.
  • intransitive verb To rearrange.
  • intransitive verb To order the same goods again.
  • noun A further order of goods from the same supplier.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To order a second time; repeat a, command to or for.
  • To put in order again; arrange anew.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To order a second time.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb order again, give a new order to

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a repeated order for the same merchandise
  • verb make a new request to be supplied with
  • verb assign a new order to

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Examples

  • Fast Busy: (often called reorder) - An audible busy signal interrupted at twice the rate of the normal busy signal; sent to the originating station to indicate that the call blocked due to busy equipment.

    The Official Phreaker's Manual version 1.1 by The Jammer and Jack the Ripper 1987

  • Finally, he promises to "reorder" our priorities, to change those wicked "federal regulations" and that evil "tax structure" in order to restore America as an "industrial giant".

    CapeCodToday Blog Chowder 2009

  • My sons school will take a credit card, but my daughters does not until the pics come back and you do a "reorder" online.

    Greedy or Needy - Latest Wishes 2008

  • Voters, who understandably believe that they and not union bosses, control state government elected representatives who promised to reorder the relationship between government and public employee unions.

    Yes, there is a reason to rein in public employee unions 2011

  • All this plan does is prudently, and wisely, reorder the use of existing debt to capture economies from lower interest rates and lower construction bids....

    Updated: Conservation groups oppose McDonnell's transportation plan Anita Kumar 2011

  • Until 15 October.23 Film: Crazy, Stupid, Love This sophisticated romcom stars Steve Carell as a happily married man trying to reorder his life when wife Julianne Moore leaves him for a co-worker.

    Autumn 2011 arts calendar 2011

  • As long as India officially remains the chief threat to Pakistan, the military establishment can reorder Islamabad's resources whichever way it wants; this power vanishes if India is no longer deemed that kind of threat.

    Mr. Singh's Leap of Faith Nitin Pai 2011

  • A solution that is much easier than causing missive political dislocation by reorder the states.

    Matthew Yglesias » Imagine If 2010

  • I gave my first copy of BBF to my niece ... and am waiting for my second reorder. .it's coming in the mail tomorrow via BnN.

    Branded By Fire Release Day!! Nalini Singh 2009

  • These sites, valuable rather than holy, help us to recover perspective, reorder our ambitions, quell our paranoias and remind us of the interest and obliging unexpectedness of life.

    Have Modern Travelers Lost Their Way? Alain de Botton 2011

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