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Synonyms for rearrange


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-reynj
Phonetic Transcription : əˈreɪndʒ

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Définition of rearrange

Origin :
  • late 14c., "draw up a line of battle," from Old French arengier (12c.), from a- "to" (see ad-) + rangier "set in a row" (Modern French ranger), from rang "rank," from Frankish *hring (see rank (n.)).
  • A rare word until the meaning generalized to "to place things in order" c.1780-1800. Musical sense of "adapt for other instruments or voices" is from 1808. Related: Arranged; arranging. Arranged marriage attested from 1854.
  • verb do over
  • verb change the places of things
Example sentences :
  • Nothing left to do but to rearrange the loads and wait for the lead to close.
  • Extract from : « A Negro Explorer at the North Pole » by Matthew A. Henson
  • Only platinum could exist there, and the matter had to rearrange itself as platinum.
  • Extract from : « Invaders from the Infinite » by John Wood Campbell
  • These ions are free to rearrange themselves in various combinations.
  • Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson
  • They had been critically watching me wash and rearrange my clothing.
  • Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • No one seemed to mind it, however, for no one paused to rearrange it.
  • Extract from : « The Loyalist » by James Francis Barrett
  • You will see how true this is if you attempt to rearrange a child's room.
  • Extract from : « The Merry-Go-Round » by Carl Van Vechten
  • She tried to rearrange a mental picture which the other was continually destroying.
  • Extract from : « The Squirrel-Cage » by Dorothy Canfield
  • The third possible cause was that you did not rearrange your day.
  • Extract from : « Mental Efficiency » by Arnold Bennett
  • How he would laugh to find that she was already planning to rearrange it!
  • Extract from : « A Little Journey in the World » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • No period has been so auspicious as the present to rearrange our gold coinage.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 » by Various

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