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

After removing the fountain, the drug store will rearrange to maximize its 1,200-square-foot space for vaccination services. —Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 7 June 2025

Arman would even decompose and rearrange the fragments of a cut-up Citroën DS himself in 1989, titling it with the peculiar term Schmilblick. —Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025

To reinforce her claim, the woman apparently stepped into the aisle every few minutes to rearrange other passengers' bags, making the bin appear full. —Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025

While the show’s famed opening theme was created by Danny Elfman (though Clausen rearranged it beginning in Season 3), Clausen scored hundreds of memorable moments in Springfield over the course of nearly 600 episodes, with Clausen reportedly commanding a 35-piece orchestra for each show. —Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 31 May 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