rearrange

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++re·ar·range /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒ/ verb [transitive]  1  ARRANGE A GROUP OF THINGS OR PEOPLEto change the position or order of things 重新整理，重新布置 She set about rearranging the furniture in the living room. 她开始重新摆放起居室的家具。2  ARRANGE A MEETING, EVENT ETCto change the time of a meeting etc 重新安排〔会期等〕 My secretary will phone to rearrange the appointment. 我的秘书会打电话重新预约。n3  be rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic to be making small and useless changes when something very bad is about to happen and there is little chance of preventing it These attempts to reduce climate change just amount to rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic. —rearrangement noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

rearrange• We'll have to rearrange all the furniture once they deliver the new sofa.• Te Kanawa is not alone in rearranging her priorities.• This program allows you to create and rearrange images on-screen with the click of a mouse button.• Having obtained this, he set to work to enclose the parish and to rearrange its landscape.• I think you might could rearrange that many people.• He rearranged the brambles, got back on his bike, and pedalled round to the mill yard.• "This room looks different. Have you painted it?" "No, I just rearranged the furniture."• Here you can rearrange the playing order of the slides and remove unwanted ones.• For a large cichlid they must be classed as unaggressive and certainly they do not try to rearrange their surroundings.• Can we rearrange your appointment for next Thursday?• If you rearrange your time, you rearrange your priorities.

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rearrange
re‧ar‧range /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒ/ verb [transitive]
1. to change the position or order of things:
    She set about rearranging the furniture in the living room.
2. to change the time of a meeting etc:
    My secretary will phone to rearrange the appointment.
—rearrangement noun [uncountable and countable]

re·arrangeBrE /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they rearrange BrE /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it rearranges BrE /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒɪz/ 🔊past simple rearranged BrE /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒd/ 🔊past participle rearranged BrE /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒd/ 🔊 -ing form rearranging BrE /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth/sb/yourself to change the position or order of things; to change your position 重新排列；改变位置◆We've rearranged the furniture in the bedroom. 我们重新摆放了卧室里的家具。🔊🔊◆She rearranged herself in another pose. 她重新摆了个姿势。🔊🔊~ sth to change the time, date or place of an event 重新安排；改变时间（或日期、地点） SYN reschedule ◆Can we rearrange the meeting for next Tuesday at 2? 我们把会议改到下周二下午两点好吗？🔊🔊▸ re·arrange·ment BrE /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒmənt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒmənt/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable]