Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of arranging.
- noun The condition, manner, or result of being arranged; disposal.
- noun A collection of things that have been arranged.
- noun A provision or plan made in preparation for an undertaking.
- noun An agreement or settlement; a disposition.
- noun An adaptation of a composition for other instruments or voices or for another style of performance.
- noun A composition so arranged.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of arranging or putting in proper order; the state of being put in order; disposition in suitable form.
- noun That which is disposed in order; a system of parts disposed in due order; any combination of parts or materials.
- noun The style or mode in which things are arranged.
- noun Preparatory measure or negotiation; previous disposition or plan; preparation: commonly in the plural: as, we have made arrangements for a journey.
- noun Final settlement; adjustment by agreement: as, the arrangement of a dispute.
- noun In music: The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments, or to a purpose, for which it was not originally designed. A piece so adapted; a transcription: as, an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.
- noun Structure, form.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.
- noun The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification
- noun Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation.
- noun Settlement; adjustment by agreement
- noun The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written.
- noun A piece so adapted; a transcription
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
act of arranging. - noun The
manner of beingarranged . - noun A
collection of things that have been arranged. - noun A particular way in which items are
organized . - noun plural
Preparations for someundertaking . - noun An
agreement . - noun music An
adaptation of apiece ofmusic for otherinstruments , or in anotherstyle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the thing arranged or agreed to
- noun a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments
- noun an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- noun the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
- noun an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
- noun the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
Etymologies
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Examples
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Leipheimer understands the arrangement is a quid pro quo for the Giro d'Italia, which Armstrong is scheduled to race in for the first time in May with Astana.
Leipheimer wins time trial, Armstrong 14th in California 2009
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"But this arrangement is an open invitation to lawlessness."
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Planet Run - Keith Laumer and Gordon R. Dickson Blue Tyson 2008
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Mr. Tomlin essentially argues that this arrangement is the best option Chumby had for a business model.
The Chumby Is Open, but Not for Business - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Mr. Tomlin essentially argues that this arrangement is the best option Chumby had for a business model.
The Chumby Is Open, but Not for Business - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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National Endowment for the Arts. Of course this arrangement is a gigantic subsidy for developers to use the least suitable land for their projects because the profit can be so large.
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One advantage of the arrangement is the attention it draws to unlikely bedfellows.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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The only thing that would change would be what they called the arrangement.
Fateful Journeys Gary E. Parker 2005
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Sasol Oil said on Thursday it had concluded a term arrangement for the supply of one million tons of Kuwait crude oil.
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Liquid crystals have been called "nature's delicate phase of matter" because the molecules can be arranged in many different, characteristic ways, and because the arrangement is also easily affected by weak electrical or magnetic fields.
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"There can be no short-term agreement and I'm optimistic there will be no short term arrangement whatsoever," he said.
Reuters: Top News 2011
bilby commented on the word arrangement
"Where the policy is divided into a number of distinct arrangements ('Arrangements') where benefits are capable of being taken from on Arrangement or group of Arrangements separately from other Arrangements, then this policy amendment will not apply to any Arrangements in respect of which the relevant policy proceeds have already been applied to provide benefits. The policy amendment will apply to all other Arrangements under the policy."
- policy amendment, Norwich Union.
July 6, 2008