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REGROUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does regroup mean? 

REGROUP (verb)
  The verb REGROUP has 2 senses:

1. organize anew, as after a setbackplay

2. reorganize into new groupsplay

  Familiarity information: REGROUP used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REGROUP (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they regroup  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it regroups  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: regrouped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: regrouped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: regrouping  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Organize anew, as after a setback

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

regroup; reorganise; reorganize

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

form; organise; organize (create (as an entity))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s


Sense 2

Meaning:

Reorganize into new groups

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

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

group (arrange into a group or groups)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


 Context examples 


Is a subdivision of the peripheral nervous system (organ system subdivision), which consists of subdivisions of two or more nerves, which are interconnected with one another to form an network through which nerve fibers of the constituent nerves of the plexus become regrouped; together with other nerve plexuses and nerves, it constitutes the peripheral nervous system.

(Nerve Plexus, NCI Thesaurus/UWDA)



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