rearranging
rearranging is the present participle and gerund of rearrange.
Meaning of rearrange
Verb
rearrange (third-person singular simple present rearranges, present participle rearranging, simple past and past participle rearranged)
- To change the order or arrangement of (one or more items).
- With the extension of Piccadilly Line tube trains, the four tracks were rearranged for parallel working; tube trains run on the middle pair with no platforms at Stamford Brook and Chiswick Park, and District line trains use the outside lines.1944 March and April, “Elaborate London Transport Junctions”, in Railway Magazine, page 87
Noun
rearranging (plural rearrangings)
- 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 […]2013, Ben Ehrenreich, Ether, page 49
Forms of rearranging
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Phrases with rearranging
Questions about rearranging
- What does rearranging mean?
- Rearranging means rearrangement.
- What is rearranging the present participle and gerund of?
- Rearranging is the present participle and gerund of rearrange.
- What part of speech is rearranging?
- Rearranging is a noun.
- What is the plural of rearranging?
- The plural of rearranging is rearrangings.
Words near rearranging in the dictionary
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