restructure

«restructure» in Mova's school dictionary: to organise something in a new way, like a company, team… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (restructure, restructures, restructured, restructuring)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To restructure is to organise something in a new way, like a company, team or plan. tree →

2) To restructure a sentence or piece of writing is to change the order or form of it. tree →

sense 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 →
• The company restructured and some workers lost their jobs. tree →
• (formal) The school will restructure its timetable next term. tree →
• We restructured our story so the ending made more sense. tree →
• (euphemism) «We are restructuring» often means people are being let go. tree →
• The club restructured its teams by age. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «restructure» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.