regroup

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French regrouper. By surface analysis, re- +‎ group.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈɡɹuːp/
  • Rhymes: -uːp
• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːɡɹuːp/

Verb

regroup (third-person singular simple present regroups, present participle regrouping, simple past and past participle regrouped)

1. (intransitive) To pause and get organized again.
   • 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     As half-time approached with Everton desperate to get into the dressing room and regroup, Liverpool were awarded a penalty for Jagielka's rash challenge on Suarez. This time there was no disputing Atkinson's decision, but Howard rescued Everton by diving low to his left to keep out Kuyt's spot-kick.

2. (transitive) To group or categorize again.
3. To re-form as a group.
   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 283:

     Ultimately, a regrouped and seemingly ever-changing organization fronted by Frayne and lead guitarist/vocalist Bill Kirchen was firmly planted in San Francisco.

Translations

pause and get organized again (intransitive)

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: перагрупо́ўвацца impf (pjerahrupóŭvacca), перагрупава́цца pf (pjerahrupavácca)
• Bulgarian: прегрупирам (pregrupiram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: järjestäytyä uudelleen
• Greek: ανασυγκροτώ (el) (anasygkrotó)
• Hungarian: átcsoportosít (hu), átrendez (hu)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} athghrúpáil
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: tapitapi (refers to a scattered army)
• Polish: przegrupowywać się impf, przegrupować się pf, zbierać myśli impf (literally “collect (one's) thoughts”), zebrać myśli pf (literally “collect (one's) thoughts”)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: перегруппиро́вываться (ru) impf (peregruppiróvyvatʹsja), перегруппирова́ться (ru) pf (peregruppirovátʹsja)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: reagruparse
• Swedish: omgruppera
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: перегрупо́вуватися impf (perehrupóvuvatysja), перегрупува́тися pf (perehrupuvátysja)

group or categorize again (transitive)

• Belarusian: перагрупо́ўваць impf (pjerahrupóŭvacʹ), перагрупава́ць pf (pjerahrupavácʹ)
• Dutch: hergroeperen (nl)
• Hungarian: újraosztályoz
• Polish: przegrupowywać impf, przegrupować pf
• Russian: перегруппиро́вывать (ru) impf (peregruppiróvyvatʹ), перегруппирова́ть (ru) pf (peregruppirovátʹ)
• Spanish: reagrupar (es)
• Swedish: omgruppera
• Ukrainian: перегрупо́вувати impf (perehrupóvuvaty), перегрупува́ти pf (perehrupuváty)

Noun

regroup (plural regroups)

1. An act of regrouping.

Anagrams

• grouper, grupero