rearrangement

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noun

The process of rearranging.

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

nounrearrangement (countable and uncountable, plural rearrangements)

plural rearrangements

  1. countableuncountableThe process of rearranging.
    1 more example

    They form part of the vast electrification and reconstruction schemes which have been in hand for a number of years at Liverpool Street, and in suburban Essex, and include the rearrangement of tracks, of which the Ilford flyover forms part; the modern signal boxes, now needed only at key points; the electric control or sub-stations; and a large electric car shed.

    1951 January, R. A. H. Weight, “A Railway Recorder in Essex and Hertfordshire”, in Railway Magazine, page 44
  2. countableuncountablechemistryA rearrangement reaction.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian пренареждане
  • пренареждане (prenareždane)the process of rearranging
French réarrangement
  • réarrangementchemistry: rearrangement reaction
German Umordnung, Neuanordnung
  • Umordnungthe process of rearranging
  • Neuanordnungthe process of rearranging
  • Umstellungthe process of rearranging
Irish athordú
  • athordúthe process of rearranging
Italian riarrangiamento
  • riarrangiamentochemistry: rearrangement reaction
Portuguese rearranjo
  • rearranjochemistry: rearrangement reaction
Romanian rearanjare
  • rearanjarethe process of rearranging
Spanish reorganización
  • reorganizaciónchemistry: rearrangement reaction
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APA

rearrangement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rearrangement

MLA

“rearrangement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rearrangement. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rearrangement,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rearrangement.

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