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# restructure

verb (restructure, restructures, restructured, restructuring)

«restructure» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To restructure is to organise something in a new way, like a company, team or plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructure/#m1)
2. To restructure a sentence or piece of writing is to change the order or form of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructure/#m2)

### In the lessons

In business news «the company is restructuring» often means jobs are changed or lost (a euphemism hiding that people may be let go). In English lessons pupils restructure a sentence to make it clearer. Everyday speech says «reorganise».

### Examples

- The teacher asked us to restructure the sentence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructure/#x1)
- The company restructured and some workers lost their jobs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructure/#x2)
- (formal) The school will restructure its timetable next term. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructure/#x3)
- We restructured our story so the ending made more sense. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructure/#x4)
- (euphemism) «We are restructuring» often means people are being let go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructure/#x5)
- The club restructured its teams by age. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructure/#x6)

### Note

Formal; the prefix re- means «again». Noun: restructuring. In the news it can be a polite way of saying jobs are being cut.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «restructure» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructure/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«restructure» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/restructure.html) on Mova free.