MEANING
To change the underlying organization or structure of something.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- restructure an institution
- restructure an argument
On the page
The institution was restructured to separate oversight from implementation.
The writer restructured the argument around its strongest evidence.
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Word forms
- Base
- restructure
- Past tense
- restructured
- Past participle
- restructured
- Present participle
- restructuring
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- restructure
- Present continuous
- am/is/are restructuring
- Present perfect
- have/has restructured
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been restructuring
- Past
- restructured
- Past continuous
- was/were restructuring
- Past perfect
- had restructured
- Past perfect continuous
- had been restructuring
- Future
- will restructure
- Future continuous
- will be restructuring
- Future perfect
- will have restructured
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been restructuring
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: restructure; restructures; restructured; restructured; restructuring Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: renewed assessment, explicit formulation, classification and framing. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: restructures.
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