Arrange
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English
Verb
Arrange (third-person singular simple present Arranges, present participle arranging, simple past and past participle arranged)
- To set up, to organize, especially in a positive manner.
- To put in order, to organize.
- (music) To prepare and adapt an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form.
Adverbs for Arrange
dramatically; delicately; becomingly; temptingly; alphabetically; elaborately; admirably; systematically; beautifully; sensibly; exquisitely; harmoniously; ideally; felicitously; obviously; cleverly; efficiently; hideously; crudely; clumsily; finally; previously; complexly; artistically; mechanically;methodically; ostensibly; confidentially, painfully.
Synonyms for Arrange
adjust, compare, assort, classify, group, range, set, sort, marshal, array, dispose, harmonize.
Antonyms for Arrange
confuse, disturb, disorder, disarrange.
Thesaurus
accommodate; adapt; adjust; align; alphabetize; analyze; array; assort; blend; blueprint; break down; bring about; bring to terms; calculate; cast; catalog; categorize; chart; choreograph; class; classify; clear for action; clear the decks; close; close with; codify; compose; concert; conclude; contrive; cool off; cure; cut out; decide; deploy; design; determine; devise; digest; dispose; divide; dope out; dress; figure; file; fix; fix up; forecast; form; frame; get ready; grade; group; harmonize; hierarchize; index; instrument; instrumentate; integrate; intend; lay out; lay plans; line up; list; make a projection; make an adaptation; make arrangements; make peace; make preparations; make ready; make up; manipulate; map out; marshal; melodize; methodize; mobilize; musicalize; normalize; orchestrate; order; organize; pacify; pigeonhole; place; plan; plan ahead; position; prearrange; predetermine; prep; prepare; pretreat; process; program; project; provide; put in order; put in shape; put to music; put to rights; quiet; range; rank; rate; rationalize; ready; ready up; reduce to order; regularize; regulate; right; routinize; schedule; schematize; scheme; score; set; set in order; set out; set to music; set to rights; set up; settle; settle preliminaries; settle with; shape; sort; sort out; standardize; straighten out; structure; subdivide; symphonize; synthesize; systematize; tabulate; tan; tranquilize; transcribe; transpose; treat; trim; try out; type; unify; unsnarl; whip into shape; work out; work up; write
Pronunciation
Etymology
Middle English arengen, arrangen "to draw up a battle line" from Old French arengier, arrangier "to put in a line, put in a row" from reng, rang, ranc "line, row, rank", of Germanic origin, from Frankish hring "ring" from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Akin to Old High German (h)ring, Old Frisian hring, Old English hring, hrincg "ring", Old Norse hringr "ring, circle, queue, sword; ship". More at ring
Notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
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French
Verb
Arrange
- first-person singular present indicative of arranger
- third-person singular present indicative of arranger
- first-person singular present subjunctive of arranger
- third-person singular present subjunctive of arranger
- second-person singular imperative of arranger
