Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To put into a specific order or relation; dispose.
- intransitive verb To plan or prepare for.
- intransitive verb To bring about or come to an agreement concerning; settle.
- intransitive verb Music To adapt or rework (a composition) for other instruments or voices or as another style of performance.
- intransitive verb To come to an agreement.
- intransitive verb To cause something to happen or make plans for something to happen.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put in proper order; dispose or set out conformably to a plan or purpose; give a certain collocation to; marshal: as, to
arrange troops for battle. - To adjust; settle; come to an agreement or understanding regarding: as, to
arrange the terms of a bargain. - In music, to adapt or alter so as to fit for performance by other voices or instruments than those designed by the composer: as, to
arrange an opera for the piano. - To fix upon, determine, agree upon, draw up; to devise, organize, construct, concoct.
- To make preparations; carry out beforehand such negotiations or make such disposition in regard to some matter as may be necessary: as, to
arrange about a passport, or for supplies; arrange with a publisher. - To come to an agreement or understanding in regard to something; make a settlement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose.
- transitive verb To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
set up , toorganize , especially in a positive manner. - verb To put in order, to organize.
- verb music To
prepare andadapt an already writtencomposition for presentation in other than its original form.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb adapt for performance in a different way
- verb put into a proper or systematic order
- verb plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
- verb arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
- verb arrange attractively
- verb set (printed matter) into a specific format
- verb make arrangements for
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The question then will be do we again arrange some kind of backroom sweetheart deal for the big banks that got us into this mess, or do we go the opposite direction, and save the economy by helping middle class homeowners first.
Mike Lux: Foreclosure Fraud Shows the Need to Take On the Special Interests Mike Lux 2010
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The question then will be do we again arrange some kind of backroom sweetheart deal for the big banks that got us into this mess, or do we go the opposite direction, and save the economy by helping middle class homeowners first.
Mike Lux: Foreclosure Fraud Shows the Need to Take On the Special Interests Mike Lux 2010
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The question then will be do we again arrange some kind of backroom sweetheart deal for the big banks that got us into this mess, or do we go the opposite direction, and save the economy by helping middle class homeowners first.
Mike Lux: Foreclosure Fraud Mike Lux 2010
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Under each title arrange the varieties in a similar relation as follows in either (1) or (2):
The Classification of Patents United States Patent Office
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Since he's the one who has to do the financing, that is to say, arrange the state's cash flow, that's significant.
William Bradley: Jerry Brown's Big Budget Veto, and Where It Goes From Here William Bradley 2011
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Since he's the one who has to do the financing, that is to say, arrange the state's cash flow, that's significant.
William Bradley: Jerry Brown's Big Budget Veto, and Where It Goes From Here William Bradley 2011
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Since he's the one who has to do the financing, that is to say, arrange the state's cash flow, that's significant.
William Bradley: Jerry Brown's Big Budget Veto, and Where It Goes From Here William Bradley 2011
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Since he's the one who has to do the financing, that is to say, arrange the state's cash flow, that's significant.
William Bradley: Jerry Brown's Big Budget Veto, and Where It Goes From Here William Bradley 2011
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Since he's the one who has to do the financing, that is to say, arrange the state's cash flow, that's significant.
William Bradley: Jerry Brown's Big Budget Veto, and Where It Goes From Here William Bradley 2011
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Since he's the one who has to do the financing, that is to say, arrange the state's cash flow, that's significant.
William Bradley: Jerry Brown's Big Budget Veto, and Where It Goes From Here William Bradley 2011
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