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# restructuring

noun (restructuring, restructurings); verb (present participle of restructure: restructure, restructures, restructured, restructuring)

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

## Everyday

1. changing the way an organisation, plan or thing is built or organised. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructuring/#m1)
2. (euphemism, business) reorganising a company in a way that usually means cutting jobs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructuring/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used by companies and news to make job cuts and closures sound like planning; official and business, all regions. Workers hear "restructuring" and fear for their jobs.

### Examples

- The company is going through a restructuring, and three hundred jobs will go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructuring/#x1)
- Dad came home quiet; there's a restructuring at his work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructuring/#x2)
- We are restructuring the school day to add more sport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructuring/#x3)
- The essay needs restructuring: put your best point first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructuring/#x4)
- After the restructuring, the shop closed on Mondays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructuring/#x5)
- "Restructuring" is the word bosses use for "some of you are fired". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restructuring/#x6)

### Note

Neutral sense: just reorganising. Euphemistic sense: job cuts. Watch the context. Spelled the same in UK and US.

## On Mova

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