rearrangement

«rearrangement» in Mova's school dictionary: Changing the order, position or plan of things: «a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a rearrangement, rearrangements; rearrangement uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Changing the order, position or plan of things: «a rearrangement of the furniture». tree →

2) A changed plan, time or date: «a rearrangement of the match». tree →

3) (music) A new version of a piece of music for different instruments or voices. tree →

4) (maths, science) Putting the parts of a number, formula or molecule in a different order; in maths, a different order of the same items. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths lessons rearrangement means changing a formula (rearrange a = b + c into b = a − c) or counting different orders of items. In everyday life it means moving furniture or changing a timetable. Phrases: «a rearrangement of», «furniture rearrangement», «date rearrangement».

examples

• The classroom rearrangement gave us more space for reading. tree →
• After the rearrangement, the match is on Tuesday. tree →
• The band played a rock rearrangement of an old carol. tree →
• «Listen» and «silent» are rearrangements of the same letters. tree →
• Rearrangement of the formula helps us find the missing value. tree →
• There are six rearrangements of the letters A, B and C. tree →

note

Countable or uncountable. Verb: rearrange. Maths: n different items have n! (n factorial) orders: 3 items → 3 × 2 × 1 = 6; letters that rearrange into a new word make an anagram. Spelling: re-arrange-ment (double r).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rearrangement» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.