Meanings
plural rearrangements
- 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 - countableuncountablechemistryA rearrangement reaction.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From re- + arrangement or rearrange + -ment.
Full word history & related roots →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
Cite this entry
rearrangement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rearrangement
“rearrangement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rearrangement. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rearrangement,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rearrangement.
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