rearrange

verb

re·​ar·​range ˌrē-ə-ˈrānj 

rearranged; rearranging

transitive verb

: to arrange (something or someone) again in a different way

rearranged the flowers on the table

rearrange the furniture

I rearranged my hair/clothes/glasses.

… anagrams, which are words or phrases rearranged to form different words or phrases.

—Carolyn Phelan

… massaging his knees while he talks, frequently rearranging himself into a more comfortable position.

—Daniel Ross

Sarah is more or less grimacing now …. In a minute, she'll rearrange her face to look cheerful.

—Aurelie Sheehan

… rearranging their lives … to go back to school, to get the education that was denied them or that they did not want when they were young.

—Ruth Dorgan

… thousands of people had to cancel or rearrange their travel plans.

—Ken Young

Examples of rearrange in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Can rearranging, adding or removing furniture bring you peace in the home? —Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2024

They can be shuffled and rearranged and reworked into any combination that makes analytical sense. —Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024

Photograph by Wesley Moguel At 6 p.m., the lights at David’s Delicatessen dim, furniture is rearranged, and the shop reopens as the False Front, a low-key cocktail bar popular among locals in the hospitality industry. —Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 21 Mar. 2024

News of the drafted bill comes alongside other proposals to rearrange Florida’s judicial system. —Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024

Today’s great reads How one man in South Korea rearranged his life to worship Dodger superstar Shohei Ohtani. —Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024

Meanwhile, some travelers are looking to rearrange their travel plans to avoid Boeing Max jets, of which United has ordered hundreds. —Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 18 Mar. 2024

That was the year, after all, when Greece won the European Championship, a triumph so unexpected that at least one squad member had to rearrange his wedding around the team’s progress. —Rory Smith, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024

But striking the right tone for Apples Never Fall, the series, while rearranging the book format was a high-wire act only Moriarity herself (who is also an excutive producer) and showrunner/EP Melanie Marnich could have pulled off. —Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1778, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

rearrange

verb

re·​ar·​range

ˌrē-ə-ˈrānj

: to arrange again usually in a different way

rearranged the furniture

rearrangement noun