Rearrangement
noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The process of rearranging. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 2 changing an arrangement wordnet
- 3 A rearrangement reaction. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From re- + arrangement or rearrange + -ment.
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