rearrange

/ ˌriːəˈreɪndʒ /

verb

1. to put (something) into a new order

   to rearrange the lighting

2. to put (something) back in its original order after it has been displaced

3. to fix a new date or time for (something postponed)

   to rearrange a match

Other Word Forms

• rearranger noun
• rearrangement noun

Example Sentences

Carolina Medrano, 38, a store employee who on Monday evening rearranged twinkling gold chains, said that even with the discount, business had still been “super slow.”

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“I was like, OK, I’m going to have to rearrange this. There’s like trumpets and strings, and I’m like, ‘I’m only doing piano.’”

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Companies have also gotten better at mitigating the cost—securing exemptions, raising prices, cutting spending and rearranging supply chains.

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It’s new, rich in information and holds the potential to rearrange the economy.

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Songs like “No Good Deed” and “March of the Witch Hunters” are chopped up and rearranged to allow for more dialogue and less emoting, distending the film into a bloated heap.

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Related Words

• readjust 
• reconstruct 
• reorganize 
• reposition 
• reshuffle 
• revamp 
• rework