reposition
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The warehouse manager decided to reposition the furniture to a new storage area.
Definition
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.
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.")
The warehouse manager decided to reposition the furniture to a new storage area.
Noun
- 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
- place into another position
- change place or direction
- Shift one's position