Arrange
[ə'reɪn(d)ʒ] or [ə'rendʒ]
Definition
(verb.) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; 'arrange my schedule'; 'set up one's life'; 'I put these memories with those of bygone times'.
(verb.) make arrangements for; 'Can you arrange a meeting with the President?'.
(verb.) put into a proper or systematic order; 'arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order'.
(verb.) adapt for performance in a different way; 'set this poem to music'.
Typist: Molly--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.
(v. t.) To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Dispose, array, class, classify, group, rank, trim, marshal, distribute, place, range, put or bring into order, set in order, reduce to order, set out, assign places to.[2]. Adjust, settle, determine, fix upon.[3]. Plan, devise, scheme, contrive, project, mature, organize, concoct, construct, prepare, fall upon, hit upon, lay out.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Order, put_In_order, group, array, place, adjust, range, locate, dispose,assort, deal, sort, parcel, classify
ANT:Derange, disarrange, confuse, disturb, disperse, jumble, disorder, Arrangement,[See ORDER]
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Definition
v.t. to set in a rank or row: to put in order: to settle: (mus.) to adapt a composition for instruments or voices for which it was not originally written as when orchestral or vocal compositions are set for the pianoforte or the reverse.—v.i. to come to an agreement.—n. Arrange′ment act of arranging: classification: settlement.
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Examples
- Nothing more to arrange, I think,' said the officer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I have not seen your papa since the receipt of your pleasing letter, so could arrange nothing with him respecting the carriage. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- She heard no noise, though the housemaid came in to arrange the room. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- So long as she does not send for you and reveal her face to you, you may live on for years in as mild a form of bondage as I can arrange for you. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And so arrange them as to have them always in order for immediate reference, with a note of the contents of each outside it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But now, how do you arrange your documents? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Iron filings scattered over a magnet arrange themselves in definite lines. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He had arranged to stop at Frizinghall that night, having occasion to consult his father on business. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The motors are arranged under the cars in varying forms adapted to the structure of the car. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I had arranged with Mrs. Clements that she should communicate her London address, in Anne's interests, to Lady Glyde. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He had it written up for the newspapers, and advertised public demonstrations of its powers, and arranged that Bell should lecture on it in different cities. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Turning her head as she arranged it she saw her own face and form in the glass. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I saw her before I came up here, and I have arranged to communicate with her to-night. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I got out the chess-board and arranged the pieces. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Bare logic, however important in arranging and criticizing existing subject matter, cannot spin new subject matter out of itself. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He trembled pitifully as the undertaker's man was arranging his crape draperies around him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The Colonel was busy arranging the affairs of the inheritance. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She sat, hour after hour, looking at him, now softly arranging his pillow, and, while he had power to swallow, administered his drink. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Nathaniel Pipkin could make no reply, so old Lobbs shook him backwards and forwards, for two or three minutes, by way of arranging his ideas for him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The features of this plan can as well be carried out by arranging a room inside of another building. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The steward and chambermaid, and all, were busily engaged in cleaning, furbishing, and arranging the splendid boat, preparatory to a grand entree. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He arranges the business just as he pleases. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He says nothing to anyone, but he arranges that he shall go out on some pretext to see his client that night. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The last recorded speech of David arranges for the murder of Shimei; his last recorded word is blood. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sir Leicester generally refers back in his mind to Wat Tyler and arranges a sequence of events on a plan of his own. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Judy, with a gong-like clash and clatter, sets one of the sheet-iron tea-trays on the table and arranges cups and saucers. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There is a power that arranges that, they say, for beginners. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Sir Leicester, with such power of movement as he has, arranges himself a little to receive him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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