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

Kerr believed that rearranging the team’s positioning and emphasizing spacing even without Curry was at the top of his to-do list. —Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026

My banking and investment accounts would have to be completely rearranged as well. —Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026

There’s usually some time that can be rearranged, experience built over the years, and a real interest in creating something useful. —Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026

Its components can be rearranged to model different limb lengths, weight distributions and joint ranges of motion. —Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026

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