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

There have been plenty others who have also decided that the additional conference game would be a catalyst to rearranging schedules, though there is still hope that schools will continue scheduling these marquee games in the future. —Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026

Bernarr first connected with Saadiq back in 2020, and the R&B legend rearranged his schedule to have their collaboration delivered to him a day before recording. —Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 22 May 2026

Hospital staff rearranged the lobby's furniture and assembled floral bouquets and greenery, brightening the space for the ceremony. —Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026

This is a dynamic layer between about 410 and 660 kilometers depth where the physical properties of minerals see sudden changes as their atoms rearrange under immense pressure. —James Dinneen, Scientific American, 14 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1778, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rearrange

• arrange
• derange
• estrange
• exchange
• midrange
• change
• grange
• mange
• range
• strange
• interchange

Kids Definition

rearrange

verb

re·​ar·​range

ˌrē-ə-ˈrānj

: to arrange again usually in a different way

rearranged the furniture

rearrangement noun