restructuring

«restructuring» in Mova's school dictionary: changing the way an organisation, plan or thing is built… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) changing the way an organisation, plan or thing is built or organised. tree →

2) (euphemism, business) reorganising a company in a way that usually means cutting jobs. tree →

sense 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 →
• Dad came home quiet; there's a restructuring at his work. tree →
• We are restructuring the school day to add more sport. tree →
• The essay needs restructuring: put your best point first. tree →
• After the restructuring, the shop closed on Mondays. tree →
• "Restructuring" is the word bosses use for "some of you are fired". tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• "Restructuring" means reorganising a company, usually with job cuts.

Trees and pragmatics

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