rearrange
Britishverb
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to put (something) into a new order
to rearrange the lighting
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to put (something) back in its original order after it has been displaced
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to fix a new date or time for (something postponed)
to rearrange a match
Other Word Forms
Explanation
When you rearrange something, you change its position or reorganize its contents. You could rearrange your bookshelves so that the books are sorted by color, rather than by title or author. After riding in a car with the windows down, you might need to rearrange your scarf and hairdo. And, if you're making room in your apartment for a friend to stay over, you might want to rearrange your furniture to accommodate an air mattress. You can also rearrange a schedule or routine. This word adds the "back or again" prefix, re-, to arrange, a verb which originally meant "draw up a battle line."
Vocabulary lists containing rearrange
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A customer may have exacting preferences, a store may rearrange its shelves and an apparently suitable replacement may turn out to contain an allergen.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
But on Swindon, Liberal Democrat Bearder said: "I don't think its a good fit. You would have to rearrange all the boundaries."
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
While Geese has a tendency to channel and then rearrange rock history, Mr. Winter’s solo work has no such tether.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
In metal nitrides, however, the bonds are so strong that the ions are far less willing to rearrange.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Arms and elbows at odds, with fingers fanned, Chris tried to rearrange the words in some grammatical, if not logical, order.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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