rearrangeverb [ T ]
uk/ˌriː.əˈreɪndʒ/us/ˌriː.əˈreɪndʒ/B2 to change the order, position, or time of arrangements already made:
The new sofa was bigger than the old one, so they had to rearrange the rest of the furniture.
I'm busy tomorrow - could we rearrange the meeting for Monday (= have it on Monday instead)?
More examples
- I've rearranged the appointment for Thursday.
- We need to rearrange the schedule.
- Could you rearrange the game for next week?
- I keep having to rearrange his meetings.
- She'd rearranged the appointment without telling me.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Changing
- a new broom sweeps clean idiom
- about-turn
- alter
- alternate
- alternation
- bastardize
- convert
- move on
- move the goalposts idiom
- move with the times idiom
- new
- new broom
- onto
- reverse
- swing
- transform
- transitional
- transmogrify
- transmute
- turn (sb/sth) into sb/sth
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