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RESHUFFLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shuffling again

Example:

the gambler demanded a reshuffle

Synonyms:

reshuffle; reshuffling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

make; shuffle; shuffling (the act of mixing cards haphazardly)

Domain category:

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Derivation:

reshuffle (shuffle again)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A redistribution of something

Example:

there was a reshuffle of cabinet officers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

Derivation:

reshuffle (reorganize and assign posts to different people)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reorganize and assign posts to different people

Example:

The new Prime Minister reshuffled his cabinet

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

rearrange (put into a new order or arrangement)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

reshuffle (a redistribution of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shuffle again

Example:

So as to prevent cheating, he was asked to reshuffle the cards

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

mix; ruffle; shuffle (mix so as to make a random order or arrangement)

Domain category:

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

reshuffle; reshuffling (shuffling again)

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