Definition

1. Verb:

   • To place into another position: To move something or someone to a different location or orientation.
   • To change place or direction: To alter the physical location or facing of an object or entity.
   • To shift one's position: To adjust one's own stance, location, or posture.

2. Noun:

   • The act of depositing in a warehouse: The process of placing goods into storage or a repository. (This meaning is less common and closely related to the act of storing.)

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • We need to reposition the sofa to make more space in the living room.
  • The general ordered the troops to reposition themselves along the riverbank.
  • The company decided to reposition its brand to appeal to a younger audience. (Figurative use, meaning to change market perception.)

• Noun:

  • The reposition of the inventory into the new warehouse will happen next week.

Advanced Usage

• Marketing/Business Context: Often used figuratively to describe changing the market perception of a product, service, or company.

  • After the scandal, the politician tried to reposition herself as a reformer.

• Medical Context: Used to describe moving a patient to prevent bedsores or to adjust a medical device.

  • Nurses must regularly reposition bedridden patients.

Variants and Related Words

• Repositioning (n): The act or process of moving something to a new position.
  • The strategic repositioning of the product line saved the company.

Synonyms

• Relocate: To move to a new place.
• Rearrange: To change the order or position of things.
• Shift: To move or cause to move from one place to another.
• Move: To change the place or position of.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "reposition" is not typically used in common phrasal verb constructions. The action is generally contained within the single verb.)

Related Idioms

(Note: There are no common idioms specifically using the word "reposition.")

Noun

1. depositing in a warehouse
   • they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn
   • my car is in storage
   • publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing

Verb

1. place into another position
2. change place or direction
   • Shift one's position