Definition

1. Verb:

   • To request something again: To place a new order for the same goods or merchandise, typically because the initial supply has been used or sold.
   • To arrange in a different sequence: To assign a new order, sequence, or arrangement to a set of items.

2. Noun:

   • A repeated order: A new request for the supply of the same item or merchandise that was ordered before.

Examples of Usage

• Verb (Request again):

  • We need to reorder printer paper; the supply is almost gone.
  • The restaurant had to reorder ingredients after the busy weekend.

• Verb (Arrange differently):

  • The editor decided to reorder the chapters to improve the book's flow.
  • You can reorder the playlist by dragging and dropping the songs.

• Noun:

  • The warehouse processed a reorder for 50 units of the best-selling product.
  • This item is so popular that reorders come in weekly.

Advanced Usage

• "to reorder one's priorities": To change the importance or sequence of one's main concerns or tasks.

  • After having a child, she had to reorder her priorities completely.

• In computing: To change the sequence in which operations, data, or instructions are processed.

  • The compiler may reorder instructions to optimize the program's execution speed.

Variants and Related Words

• Reorderable (adj): Capable of being rearranged or requested again.

  • The list is reorderable via a simple interface.

• Reordering (n): The act or process of arranging things in a new order.

  • The reordering of the files caused some initial confusion.

Synonyms

• Verb (Request): Replenish, restock, requisition again.
• Verb (Arrange): Rearrange, reshuffle, reorganize, resequence.

Related Phrases

• Place a reorder: The specific action of submitting a request for more of the same item.
  • Please place a reorder for item #B-445 when stock falls below ten units.

Idioms

Noun

1. a repeated order for the same merchandise
   • he's the one who sends out all the new orders and reorders

Verb

1. make a new request to be supplied with
   • The store had to reorder the popular CD several times
2. assign a new order to