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

Scientists discovered that the transformation is caused by subtle pressure changes inside the eye from long-term pupil dilation, which rearranges the spacing of collagen fibers. —Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025

Call it nostalgia; call it rearranging the Eames chairs on the Titanic. —New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025

However, Edge is not a full PDF editor for rewriting text or rearranging pages. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025

Many different apps can now be used on the iPad’s screen at once, with more intuitive controls for resizing and rearranging windows. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1778, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rearrange

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

Kids Definition

rearrange

verb

re·​ar·​range

ˌrē-ə-ˈrānj

: to arrange again usually in a different way

rearranged the furniture

rearrangement noun