Rearranging

noun, verb

noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    rearrangement

    "After many rearrangings — his eyes all the while swiveling metronomically between the package on the stranger's lap and the stranger's absent gaze — he at last settled, brow knit with dissatisfaction, on an order that would temporarily suffice […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of rearrange form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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reorganizationreorganization

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"This is like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic."

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