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reˈstructure, v. [re- 5 c.] trans. To give a new structure to; to organize into a new pattern; to rebuild, re-arrange. Hence reˈstructured ppl. a.; reˈstructurer; reˈstructuring vbl. n.
1951K. S. Lashley in L. A. Jeffress Cerebral Mechanisms in Behavior 119 Some children become very facile at such inversions of words, and re-structure new words without hesitation. 1951G. Humphrey Thinking vi. 181 If every response has an element of newness,..why is not restructuring present all the time? 1958W. J. H. Sprott Human Groups iii. 48 The ‘life-space’ is constantly changed with ‘locomotion’, and also with changing awareness, in which case it is often said to be ‘restructured’. 1962Economist 22 Sept. 1123/2 The most comprehensive restructuring of international liquidity arrangements since the IMF was founded. 1967Observer 19 Nov. 4/7 Wilson..thought that..his policy of controlled expansion, combined with the ‘restructuring’ of industry and a better balance between the regions, would in the end do the trick. 1969Listener 17 July 65/3 He [sc. the Director-General] did not restructure the radio services of the BBC. 1970Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Apr. 443/2 Lord Robbins is a tough-minded re-structurer. 1976P. R. White Planning for Public Transport x. 208 The question of re⁓structuring private car costs to make them comparable in form is discussed below. 1977Belfast Tel. 22 Feb. 6/2 Proposals for the re-structured council are being studied by the Secretary of State. 1978W. F. Buckley Stained Glass xxii. 212 He spent the first half hour with Overstreet, who pronounced the restructuring of the chapel's trussed roof complete. |