rearrangement

noun

re·​ar·​range·​ment ˌrē-ə-ˈrānj-mənt 

plural rearrangements

1

: the act of rearranging something or someone or the state of being rearranged

rearrangement of the furniture

changes that will require some rearrangement of the schedule

… lifting her hands for some rearrangement of her hat.

—Henry James

2

chemistry : a shifting of the atoms or groups in the molecule of a compound to form an isomeric compound

Examples of rearrangement in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The unknotting number is the smallest number of crossing changes (rearrangements of strand order in a particular crossing, as shown below) needed to transform a knot into the unknot. —Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025

Chromosome rearrangements occur in human cancers, where DNA segments break and reorganize. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025

The Reinsdorfs are about to undergo the most significant rearrangement of their financial investments in four decades. —Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025

Among the new things at the Johnson County Fair this year are online tickets for arena events and a rearrangement of the schedule. —Debra Skodack, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1778, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for rearrangement

• arrangement
• derangement
• estrangement