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

Giant-planet rings are already known to shift over months and years; Saturn’s D ring has measurably shrunk, and Neptune’s Adams arcs rearrange themselves. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 19 Sep. 2026

That way, the space already welcomes conversation, and the furniture is arranged around the central point so guests don’t have to rearrange the furniture themselves. — Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 18 Sep. 2026

De Kooning, arguably the most widely revered of America’s 20th-century avant-garde artists, took the language of drawing, ripped it up, and rearranged it. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026

Scott’s face, in this shot, is a whole novel, disintegrating into tears before being shored up again, eventually rearranged into something resembling a welcoming smile that teeters on the edge of collapse. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Sep. 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