rearrange

/ ˌriːəˈreɪndʒ /

verb

1. to put (something) into a new order

   to rearrange the lighting

2. to put (something) back in its original order after it has been displaced
3. to fix a new date or time for (something postponed)

   to rearrange a match

Derived Forms

• ˌrearˈranger, noun
• ˌrearˈrangement, noun

Example Sentences

“All these painful experiences regurgitated and rearranged into fiction. ... I wondered, Is that all I was to him, a train wreck to write about?”

From Los Angeles Times

The images, resembling a close-up of the moon, revealed that upon stimulation, these two proteins rearranged and moved closer together.

From Science Daily

Vic Flick, who was the lead guitarist on the famous track, is said to have been paid £6 to rearrange and record Monty Norman’s theme tune for Dr No, the first James Bond film.

From BBC

Lincoln Riley’s benching of Miller Moss with three games left in a lost season is little more than rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

From Los Angeles Times

“Three Women” was originally published in 2019 after #MeToo lost steam but also in a time of rearranging how popular culture considers female characters.

From Salon

Related Words

• readjust
• reconstruct
• reorganize
• reposition
• reshuffle
• revamp
• rework