English > reapportionment: 1 sense > noun 1, actMeaning | A new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results). |
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Synonyms | reallotment, reallocation |
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Region | United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
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Narrower | reshuffle | A redistribution of something |
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Broader | allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation | The act of distributing by allotting / allotting or apportioning |
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Spanish | redistribución |
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Verbs | reapportion | allocate, distribute, or apportion anew |
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