Definition

Adjective 1. Formed again or anew; reorganized into a new or previous structure: Describes something that has been brought back into existence, reorganized, or re-established after having been dissolved, disbanded, or significantly changed.

Usage

The adjective "re-formed" is used to describe a group, organization, or entity that has been created again after a period of not existing or has been significantly reorganized. It emphasizes the action of forming something again. It is typically hyphenated.

Examples

• The re-formed committee will meet next week to discuss the new policy.
• After a decade apart, the band is back together as a re-formed group with a new album.
• The re-formed coalition government faced its first major challenge.

Advanced Usage

• "Newly re-formed": Emphasizes that the re-formation has happened very recently.
  • The newly re-formed task force is already investigating the incident.

Variants and Related Words

• Re-form (verb): To form again or anew.
  • The players decided to re-form the team after a five-year hiatus.
• Reformation (noun): The action or process of reforming or being reformed. (Note: This often has a broader meaning of improvement or change, not solely re-formation).
• Reformed (adjective): Changed for the better; having given up a wrong or harmful way of life. (CRITICAL: This is a different word with a different primary meaning. "Re-formed" means formed again; "reformed" means morally improved or corrected.)
  • a reformed criminal (Not a re-formed criminal, unless the criminal gang was disbanded and started again).

Synonyms

• Reconstituted
• Reestablished
• Reorganized
• Reconvened

Antonyms

• Disbanded
• Dissolved
• Dispersed

Adjective

1. formed again or anew
   • the re-formed scout troop has been very active