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    REAPPORTIONMENT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    reallocation; reallotment; reapportionment

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("reapportionment" is a kind of...):

    allocation; allotment; apportioning; apportionment; assignation; parceling; parcelling (the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan)

    Domain region:

    America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reapportionment"):

    reshuffle (a redistribution of something)

    Derivation:

    reapportion (allocate, distribute, or apportion anew)

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