rearrange

verb

re·ar·range | \ ˌrē-ə-ˈrānj

rearranged; rearranging

Definition of rearrange

: 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

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In 1985, Gerhard Frey pointed out that a, b and c could be rearranged into (B) a new equation, called an elliptic curve, with properties that were universally expected to be impossible. — Quanta Magazine, "Why the Proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem Doesn’t Need to Be Enhanced," 3 June 2019 After a single two-day bath in a widely available ion channel drug, the tadpoles rearranged themselves and grew as normal. — Sally Adee, Quartz, "Our bodies are full of electricity that could help us fight cancer," 30 May 2019 Once night falls, the seating area can be rearranged to create a full-size bed. — Maggie Burch, House Beautiful, "You Can Basically Own a Pop-Up Barbie Camper IRL," 31 Oct. 2018 Opposition politicians think the only way forward is an early election that could rearrange Parliament and break its current political deadlock. — Jill Lawless, The Seattle Times, "May explores idea of bringing Brexit deal back for 4th vote," 30 Mar. 2019 With a super-sized wave, bigger than observers now predict, the fallout can be enormous because gerrymandering only rearranges district lines and cannot manufacture more votes for a party. — Li Zhou, Vox, "“A blue flood, more than just a wave”: 8 experts on midterm elections after the Ohio special election," 10 Aug. 2018 The floor-to-ceiling rock wall reaches eight-and-a-half feet tall, and the climbing holds can be rearranged to increase or decrease the difficulty level. — Samantha Swenson, ELLE Decor, "Now You'll Understand Why Every House Needs a Rock-Climbing Wall," 17 May 2019 The movement to slice up the state of California is reeling from internal clashes over what’s the best way to rearrange the state. — Lukas Mikelionis, Fox News, "Californians divided on whether, how to ... divide," 22 June 2018 Vivaldi’s latest iteration of its eponymous web browser has added even more drag-and-drop flexibility, allowing you to rearrange tabs and icons (mostly) to your heart’s content. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Vivaldi 2.4 enhances the browser's tab wizardry," 27 Mar. 2019

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