REAPPORTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reapportion mean? 

• REAPPORTION (verb)
  The verb REAPPORTION has 1 sense:

1. allocate, distribute, or apportion anew

  Familiarity information: REAPPORTION used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REAPPORTION (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reapportion    ... he / she / it reapportions   
Past simple: reapportioned   
Past participle: reapportioned   
-ing form: reapportioning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Allocate, distribute, or apportion anew

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

reallocate; reapportion

Context example:

Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data

Hypernyms (to "reapportion" is one way to...):

allocate; apportion (distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

reapportionment (a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results))