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restructure

  • /ɹiːˈstɹʌkt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ɹiˈstɹʌkt͡ʃɚ/ Canada, US
  • /ɹiːˈstɹɐkt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ Australia, New Zealand

verb restructures · restructuring · restructured

  1. To change the organization of. On Tuesday, a proposal to fundamentally restructure the Minneapolis police department in the wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020 was soundly defeated, a setback that even many Democrats acknowledged could be laid at the feet of the “defund the police” movement that some within the party embraced la
  2. To modify the terms of a loan, providing relief to a debtor who would otherwise be forced to default. Valencia were in crisis, a club with two stadiums – one they could not sell and one that they could not afford to finish building – and a debt of €230m, the repayment of which was restructured.

noun restructures

  1. A reorganization. We found this in the 1990s when organisations went through some fairly severe restructures.

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Closest in meaning: reorganization, reconfiguration, reshape, reconfigure, reshaping, rearrange, reorganisation, reorganize, reformatting, redefine, reorganise, reengineer, reform, redevelop, reconstitute, redevelopment

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verb to change the organization of

Españolreestructurar
Portuguêsreestruturar
Françaisrestructurer
Deutschumstrukturieren
Italianoristrutturare
Русскийреструктури́ровать restrukturírovatʹ, перестра́ивать perestráivatʹ, перестро́ить perestróitʹ

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@misc{restructure_2026,
  title = {restructure},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/restructure},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}