regroup
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Definition
Verb: 1. To reorganize into new groups: To form into a new arrangement or structure, often for strategic or practical purposes. 2. To organize anew, as after a setback: To reassemble or reorder one's forces, thoughts, or resources following a difficulty or failure.
Usage and Examples
- The general ordered his troops to regroup at the designated rally point.
- After losing the first game, the team took a timeout to regroup and discuss their strategy.
- Let's regroup in an hour to share what we've each found in the research.
- She needed a quiet moment to regroup her thoughts before continuing the difficult conversation.
Advanced Usage
- "To regroup one's forces": A common military and strategic term meaning to pull scattered units back together to form a cohesive force again.
- The scattered platoons managed to regroup their forces under cover of darkness.
- Used metaphorically to describe the process of recovering composure or mental focus.
- The market crash was severe, but investors are starting to regroup and look for new opportunities.
Variants and Related Words
- Regrouping (noun): The act or process of reorganizing.
- The temporary retreat was necessary for the regrouping of our staff.
Synonyms
- Reorganize: To change the structure or arrangement of.
- Rally: To come together again for a common purpose.
- Reassemble: To bring or come together again.
- Re-form: To form again, especially into a previous structure.
Phrasal Verbs
- Regroup as: To reorganize with a specific new identity or structure.
- The committee decided to regroup as a task force with a more focused mandate.
Verb
- reorganize into new groups
- organize anew, as after a setback