rearrangementnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌriː.əˈreɪndʒ.mənt/us/ˌriː.əˈreɪndʒ.mənt/the act of changing the order, position, or time of arrangements already made:
a rearrangement of/to our plans
As students of chemistry know, even small rearrangements of a molecule's structure can produce a compound that acts differently.
Going on a long trip always means lots of rearrangements to my schedule.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Change and changes
- a change is as good as a rest idiom
- adjustment
- alteration
- blip
- changeover
- drift
- ebb
- fluctuate
- gradation
- metamorphosis
- modulate
- paradigm shift
- perversion
- punctuated equilibrium
- shake-up
- speciation
- step change
- tide
- transfigure
- twist
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