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PRONUNCIATION OF REAPPORTIONMENT

reapportionment  [ˌriːəˈpɔːʃənmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REAPPORTIONMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Reapportionment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES REAPPORTIONMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Apportionment (politics)

Apportionment is the process of allocating the political power of a set of constituent voters among their representatives in a governing body.

Definition of reapportionment in the English dictionary

The definition of reapportionment in the dictionary is the act of changing how much of sth different people deserve or should be given; redistribution.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REAPPORTIONMENT


abandonment
əˈbændənmənt
apportionment
əˈpɔːʃənmənt
bedizenment
bɪˈdaɪzənmənt
chastenment
ˈtʃeɪsənmənt
disheartenment
dɪsˈhɑːt ənmənt
disillusionment
ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒ ənmənt
disimprisonment
ˌdɪsɪmˈprɪzənmənt
emblazonment
ɪmˈbleɪzənmənt
empoisonment
ɪmˈpɔɪzənmənt
enlightenment
ɪnˈlaɪtənmənt
enlivenment
ɪnˈlaɪv ənmənt
environment
ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt
government
ˈɡʌvənmənt
imprisonment
ɪmˈprɪzənmənt
microenvironment
ˈmaɪkrəʊɪnˌvaɪrənmənt
misgovernment
ˈmɪsˈɡʌvənmənt
partitionment
pɑːˈtɪʃənmənt
prisonment
ˈprɪzənmənt
proportionment
prəˈpɔːʃənmənt
refashionment
riːˈfæʃənmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REAPPORTIONMENT

reaper binder
reaphook
reaping
reaping hook
reaping machine
reappear
reappearance
reapplication
reapplied
reapplies
reapply
reappoint
reappointment
reapportion
reappraisal
reappraise
reappraisement
reappraiser
reappropriate
reapprove

WORDS THAT END LIKE REAPPORTIONMENT

adjournment
adornment
advertisement
alignment
assignment
attainment
built environment
cantonment
central government
consignment
containment
Department of the Environment
e-government
entertainment
Federal Government
infotainment
local government
national government
national unity government
open government
realignment

Synonyms and antonyms of reapportionment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «reapportionment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REAPPORTIONMENT

Find out the translation of reapportionment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of reapportionment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reapportionment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

重新分配
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

redistribución
570 millions of speakers

English

reapportionment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

reapportionment
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إعادة التخصيص
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перераспределения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reapportionment
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

reapportionment
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

redistribution
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengagihan semula
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

reapportionment
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

議席配分改正
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

reapportionment
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Reapportionment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

reapportionment
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

reapportionment
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुनर्स्थापना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yeni düzen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

reapportionment
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ponowny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перерозподілу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reapportionment
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανακατανομής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

herverdeling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

reapportionment
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

reapportionment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reapportionment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REAPPORTIONMENT»

The term «reapportionment» is regularly used and occupies the 55.432 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REAPPORTIONMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reapportionment

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REAPPORTIONMENT»

Discover the use of reapportionment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reapportionment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reapportionment and Redistricting in the West
Western states tend to be geographically large and experiencing rapid population growth and the chapters in this enlightening volume discuss the changing demographics in western states, paying special attention to the rise in the Latino ...
Gary F. Moncrief, 2011
2
Democracy Delayed: Congressional Reapportionment and ...
In Democracy Delayed, Charles W. Eagles uses the issue of congressional reapportionment to examine politics in the 1920s, in particular to test the urban-rural thesis.
Charles W. Eagles, 2010
3
Reapportionment in the 1970s
An important further advantage of reapportionment consists in the help that it gives to making the whole democratic process more intelligible. (Unfortunately, it is an advantage even harder to measure than those "for most people" because I ...
Nelson W. Polsby, 1971
4
Reapportionment politics: the history of redistricting in ...
A history of re-apportionment in the United States.
Leroy Clyde Hardy, Alan Heslop, Stuart Anderson, 1981
5
The impact of congressional reapportionment and redistricting
This is the only book to date to analyze the impact of congressional redistricting and reapportionment from the early 1960s to the 1980s.
Larry M. Schwab, 1988
6
Elbridge Gerry's Salamander: The Electoral Consequences of ...
A 2002 book showing how the Supreme Court's reapportionment decisions sparked a wave of extraordinary redistricting in the mid-1960s.
Gary W. Cox, Jonathan N. Katz, 2002
7
ABA Journal
In Colorado the federal district court approved, as permissible under the Fourteenth Amendment for the 1964 election, a reapportionment plan under which the maximum percentage deviations from the mean or "ideal" district were 21.13 per ...
8
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
the roots of the drys' reapportionment strategy were embedded in the warnings sounded by ernest Cherrington and richmond hobson as far back as 1915, when they had recognized the need to enact a Prohibition amendment before the 1920  ...
Daniel Okrent, 2010
9
Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2008
the. politics. oF. reapportioNMeNt. 1992–1993. There are occasions when loyalty , integrity and friendship go by the boards. One of those occasions is legislative redistricting. —THOMAS B. EDSALL, WashingtonPost1 ...
Jere Nash, Andy Taggart, 2007
10
Encyclopedia of Texas
(e) Unless the legislature enacts a statewide reapportionment of the judicial districts following each federal decennial census, the board shall convene not later than the first Monday of June of the third year following the year in which the  ...
Nancy Capace, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REAPPORTIONMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reapportionment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
MARCUS: Reapportionment is Indiana's No. 1 issue
The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided an independent commission in Arizona may determine election district boundaries for congressional and legislative ... «Evansville Courier & Press, Jul 15»
2
Rep. James Lockhart argues for bi-partisan reapportionment
James Lockhart argues for bi-partisan reapportionment commission. Darla Shelden Story by Darla Shelden on July 9, 2015 . Click on author name to view all ... «City-sentinel, Jul 15»
3
Justices agree to hear dispute over union fees, reapportionment
The Supreme Court said Tuesday that it will consider next term whether public employees can be compelled to pay fees to unions they do not want to join, ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
4
MID: Reapportionment is water under the bridge
Other irrigation agencies, subject to the same reapportionment law, resized voting districts a few years ago. One division in the Modesto Irrigation District, ... «Merced Sun-Star, Jun 15»
5
Three Senate seats change hands after ASG reapportionment
ASG President Julia Watson hears comments from senators on ASG's funding system during Senate's March 4 meeting. Vice president for student groups Kenny ... «Daily Northwestern, Mar 15»
6
Washington County Reapportionment Committee weighing reducing …
The pace may be extremely measured at this point, but make no mistake: Washington County's Reapportionment Committee is intent on reducing the number of ... «Johnson City Press, Feb 15»
7
Swatara Twp. ward battle heading to court
Maps showing the reapportionment committee's reconfigured nine-ward and seven-ward structures hang in a township hall room where commissioners have ... «PennLive.com, Jan 15»
8
Early Census data shows electoral college advantage for Republicans
Continued population migration to the South and West could give Republicans an electoral leg up after the decennial reapportionment process, according to ... «Washington Post, Jan 15»
9
Mat Su Borough Election Propositions
The ballot propositions will appear areawide on the Matanuska Susitna Borough's election ticket on October 7. Proposition 1, a reapportionment plan sponsored ... «Alaska Public Radio Network, Oct 14»
10
Court to review Alabama's 'race-based' reapportionment
The Supreme Court said Monday that it will review Alabama's legislative reapportionment plan, accepting a challenge from the state's Democrats and African ... «Washington Post, Jun 14»

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