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restructuring

restructuring is the present participle and gerund of restructure.

Meaning of restructure

Verb

restructure (third-person singular simple present restructures, present participle restructuring, simple past and past participle restructured)

  1. To change the organization of.
    • On Tuesday, a proposal to fundamentally restructure the Minneapolis police department in the wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020 was soundly defeated, a setback that even many Democrats acknowledged could be laid at the feet of the “defund the police” movement that some within the party embraced...2021 November 5, Chris Cillizza, “Even Democrats are now admitting ‘Defund the Police’ was a massive mistake”, in CNN
  2. To modify the terms of a loan, providing relief to a debtor who would otherwise be forced to default.
    • Valencia were in crisis, a club with two stadiums – one they could not sell and one that they could not afford to finish building – and a debt of €230m, the repayment of which was restructured.2017 January 18, Sid Lowe, “Chaos at Mestalla: Valencia's journey from Champions League to utter disarray”, in The Guardian

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Noun

restructuring (plural restructurings)

  1. A reorganization; an alteration of structure.
    Synonyms:
    restructure

Synonyms of restructuring

Forms of restructuring

pluralrestructurings

Questions about restructuring

What does restructuring mean?
Restructuring means a reorganization; an alteration of structure.
What is restructuring the present participle and gerund of?
Restructuring is the present participle and gerund of restructure.
What part of speech is restructuring?
Restructuring is a noun.
What is the plural of restructuring?
The plural of restructuring is restructurings.

Words near restructuring in the dictionary

  1. restructure
  2. restructured
  3. restructurer
  4. restructurers
  5. restructures
  6. restructuring
  7. restructurings
  8. restructurisation
  9. restructurisations
  10. restructurism
  11. restructurist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: restructuring (page history and authors); restructure (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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