verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌɹiːəˈɹeɪndʒ/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To change the order or arrangement of (one or more items).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
put into a new order or arrangement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Please rearrange these files
rearrange the furniture in my room
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arrange, set up
Narrower terms: recode, reshuffle
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor.? Proto-Indo-European *h3reǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *rinkanąder. Proto-Germanic *rankaz Frankish *rankbor.? Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengier Old French arangierbor. Middle English arengen English arrange English rearrange From re- + arrange.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
пренаре́ждам
(prenaréždam)
— to change the order or arrangement
Bulgarian:
пренаредя́
(prenaredjá)
— to change the order or arrangement
Czech:
přeuspořádat
— to change the order or arrangement
Czech:
přeskupit
— to change the order or arrangement
Dutch:
herschikken
— to change the order or arrangement
Finnish:
järjestää uudelleen
— to change the order or arrangement
French:
réorganiser
— to change the order or arrangement
French:
réarranger
— to change the order or arrangement
German:
umstellen
— to change the order or arrangement
German:
umordnen
— to change the order or arrangement
German:
neu anordnen
— to change the order or arrangement
Irish:
athordaigh
— to change the order or arrangement
Italian:
ricombinare
— to change the order or arrangement
Italian:
riarrangiare
— to change the order or arrangement
Portuguese:
rearranjar
— to change the order or arrangement
Russian:
переставля́ть
(perestavljátʹ)
— to change the order or arrangement
Russian:
переста́вить
(perestávitʹ)
— to change the order or arrangement
Russian:
переде́лывать
(peredélyvatʹ)
— to change the order or arrangement
Russian:
переде́лать
(peredélatʹ)
— to change the order or arrangement
Russian:
переустра́ивать
(pereustráivatʹ)
— to change the order or arrangement
Russian:
переустро́ить
(pereustróitʹ)
— to change the order or arrangement
Spanish:
reacomodar
— to change the order or arrangement
Spanish:
reacotejar
— to change the order or arrangement
Spanish:
redisponer
— to change the order or arrangement
Spanish:
recompaginar
— to change the order or arrangement
Welsh:
aildrefnu
— to change the order or arrangement
Welsh:
ad-drefnu
— to change the order or arrangement
