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

Any kind of delay would buy corporations some time to rearrange their supply chains and blunt the shock of tariffs. —Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025

The crew is polished and proactive, offering to rearrange seating when possible to maximize space. —Scott Campbell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2025

Best for: All ages Redecorate or rearrange a room in your house. —Kara Nesvig, Parents, 2 Apr. 2025

Young Danny Fenton had a lot more than his molecules rearranged in the Ghost Portal accident that gave him spectral superpowers, according to Danny Phantom series developer Steve Marmel. —Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 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