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reposition

/ˌɹipəˈzɪʃən/ree-puh-ZIH-shuhn
/ˌɹipəˈzɪʃən/ree-puh-ZIH-shuhn

Meaningto put back

Common meaning: to move to a different place

‘again’ + ‘to put down, set in place’ → reposition

Journey through time

  1. Latinpōnō, posuī, positum‘to put down, set in place’
  2. Frenchposi
  3. Englishreposition‘to move to a different place’ · today

re- also in: reactrebelrelaxrepelreply

pos also in: deposedepositdisposedecomposedepositor

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pōnō ‘to put down, set in place’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pōnō, p. 1396 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

decomposedeposedepositdepositordiscomposedisposejuxtapose

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