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

The organic linkers inside the MOF rearrange into a new configuration, opening up spaces that act as storage sites for water molecules. —Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026

Last August, some ospreys forced Apple Valley High School to rearrange their sports schedule. —Ashley Grams, CBS News, 12 May 2026

The fragments are rearranged and sent back out into the world as a drawing, a film. —Literary Hub, 12 May 2026

Matter vaporized, mixed and cooled extremely quickly, rearranging into new forms. —Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 11 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