Arrange
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 rearranged rendition of a song; arrangement Japan
- 1 To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement. transitive
"& whan the frensshe men sawe thus the hors come, whyche was longyng to rychard, they were al affrayed and moeued, and came & opened the gate, and anone he entred in; and after that the yate was shette, they arenged them aboute the sayd hors, for compassyon of sorowe, wepyng pyetously."
- 2 arrange attractively wordnet
- 3 To plan; to prepare in advance. intransitive, transitive
"to arrange to meet; to arrange for supper"
- 4 arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events wordnet
- 5 To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form. intransitive, transitive
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- 6 make arrangements for wordnet
- 7 put into a proper or systematic order wordnet
- 8 plan, organize, and carry out (an event) wordnet
- 9 adapt for performance in a different way wordnet
- 10 set (printed matter) into a specific format wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"One problem is how the enterprises arrange posts for excellent female students, but another important point is whether the educational industry can grow and supply creative students needed for Japan's future."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English arengen, arrangen (“to draw up a battle line”), borrowed from Old French arengier, arangier (“to put in a line, put in a row”), derived from reng, rang, ranc (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, a form of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
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