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reapportion

reapportion verb: to apportion again; to redistribute or reallocate.

Verb

reapportion (third-person singular simple present reapportions, present participle reapportioning, simple past and past participle reapportioned)

  1. To apportion again; to redistribute or reallocate.
    • The court intervened to reapportion the voting districts that had been unfairly laid out under the controlling party's regime.

Forms of reapportion

third-person singular presentreapportions
present participlereapportioning
past participlereapportioned
pastreapportioned

Origin of reapportion

c 1830 re- + apportion

Words formed from reapportion

Questions about reapportion

What does reapportion mean?
Reapportion means to apportion again; to redistribute or reallocate.
What part of speech is reapportion?
Reapportion is a verb.
What is the past tense of reapportion?
The past tense of reapportion is reapportioned.

Words near reapportion in the dictionary

  1. reappointees
  2. reappointing
  3. reappointment
  4. reappointments
  5. reappoints
  6. reapportion
  7. reapportioned
  8. reapportioning
  9. reapportionment
  10. reapportionments
  11. reapportions

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