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# rearrange

«rearrange» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To change the order or position of things** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (rearrange, rearranges, rearranged, rearranging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To change the order or position of things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rearrange/#m1)

2) To change the time or date of a meeting or event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rearrange/#m2)

3) (maths) To change the order of numbers or letters, or to change a formula so a different letter is on its own. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rearrange/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah describes how God combined and rearranged the letters of the alphabet to create the world. In the primary lessons: In school, «rearrange the letters to make a word» (anagrams), «rearrange the furniture», and in maths «rearrange the numbers» or «rearrange the equation». Everyday: «we'll rearrange the dentist appointment». Phrases: «rearrange the room», «rearrange the meeting», «rearrange the letters», «rearrange the formula».

### examples

- As a matter of fact, he himself abandons the division of the letters into three parts, and rearranges them in a twofold division, one of ten and one of twelve letters. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rearrange/#x1)
- Rearrange the letters of «listen» to make «silent». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rearrange/#x2)
- We rearranged the desks into groups. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rearrange/#x3)
- The match was rearranged for next Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rearrange/#x4)
- Can you rearrange 3, 1, 2 to make the biggest number? 321. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rearrange/#x5)
- Mum rearranged the furniture in the living room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rearrange/#x6)
- Rearrange the formula so that x is on its own. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rearrange/#x7)
- The doctor's appointment had to be rearranged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rearrange/#x8)

### note

Past «rearranged». Noun «rearrangement». Prefix re- (again) + arrange. Maths: adding and multiplying can be rearranged in any order (3 + 5 = 5 + 3), but subtracting and dividing cannot (8 − 3 ≠ 3 − 8). With digits, rearranging changes the value.

### In the corpora

- [The letters of CHIEN can be rearranged into NICHE, and une niche is a dog's kennel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rearrange» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rearrange/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.