rearrange
rearrange
Definition
re·ar·range (rē′ə rānj′)
transitive verb -·ranged′, -·rang′·ing
- to arrange again
- to arrange in a different manner
rearrange
Synonyms
rearrange
v.
rearrange
Usage Examples
Object
- deckchairs: Not so much rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic as washing the windows on the World Trade Center.
- fixture: Any team wishing to postpone or rearrange a fixture must give the opposing team Captain 96 hours notice prior to the original fixture date.
- furniture: He would rearrange the furniture in hotel rooms to give him room to practice at night.
- equation: Now rearrange the first equation to get distance = speed × time.
- deck: A sinking ship All the work spent fixing email is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
- formula: Extracting relationships from data, manipulation, solving simple equations, rearranging formulae.
Preposition: on
- arbor: The components are rearranged on the arbor to cut the profile or the scribe.
Infinitive complement
- create: Cramped and muddled rooms on a single floor can often be rearranged to create the feeling of more space.
- give: When compound 1 is treated with base and heated, it rearranges to give the products shown.
- make: The complainant's room was rearranged to make it more suitable for her.
- form: Reconstitution A reconstituted property means that the property, or its occupation, has been rearranged to form a different rateable unit or units.
- fit: Sometimes dependent functions have to be rearranged to better fit the products that are available.
- accommodate: Sporting Commitments Coursework may not be rearranged to accommodate College sporting commitments.
Modifying Another Word
- merely: Why do a great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices?
- constantly: The gutters became a permanent part of our daily set-up, although the children constantly rearranged them as they worked on their own problems.
- easily: Not all single equations in single unknowns may be easily rearranged to provide formulas.
- completely: Many brought their own furniture and so 5 rooms had to be completely rearranged.
- simply: Then why, he asks, don't we simply rearrange our spending patterns in these ways?
- then: The band then rearranged into big band formation to finish off the concert with some more lively music.
Preposition: in
- order: Our atoms will be increased and rearranged in order to facilitate the incoming light ( Christ consciousness ).
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