HyperDic: reapportionment

English > 1 sense of the word reapportionment:
NOUNactreapportionment, reallotment, reallocationa new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
reapportionment > pronunciation
Soundsriy.ahpao'rshahnmahnt
Rhymesabandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt...
English > reapportionment: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results).
Synonymsreallotment, reallocation
RegionUnited 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
NarrowerreshuffleA redistribution of something
Broaderallotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignationThe act of distributing by allotting / allotting or apportioning
Spanishredistribución
Verbsreapportionallocate, distribute, or apportion anew

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