Arrangement
[ə'reɪn(d)ʒm(ə)nt] or [ə'rendʒmənt]
Definition
(noun.) the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music.
(noun.) an organized structure for arranging or classifying; 'he changed the arrangement of the topics'; 'the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original'; 'he tried to understand their system of classification'.
(noun.) an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; 'a flower arrangement'.
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Definition
(n.) The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.
(n.) The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the Linnaean arrangement of plants.
(n.) Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company.
(n.) Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement.
(n.) The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written.
(n.) A piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Disposition, classification, method, distribution, grouping, collocation, reducing to order.[2]. Structure, make, form, mode of building, manner of making.[3]. Adjustment, settlement.[4]. Regulation, management, economy.[5]. Preparation, plan, scheme.
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Examples
- Elinor submitted to the arrangement which counteracted her wishes with less reluctance than she had expected to feel. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Such an arrangement of wire is known as a helix or solenoid, and is capable of lifting or pulling larger and more numerous filings and even good-sized pieces of iron, such as tacks. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Tell her that it was her husband's last arrangement. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There was that jumble in my thoughts and recollections, that I had lost the clear arrangement of time and distance. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A more satisfactory arrangement to both sides could not possibly have been adopted. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The improved instrument produces untempered tones without requiring extraordinary variations from the usual arrangement of the keys. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This arrangement was generally satisfactory, but the resistance-boxes scattered about the platform and foot-rests being in the way, Edison directed that some No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Seeing in this arrangement the hope of rendering real service in that pressing emergency, Miss Pross hailed it with joy. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The arrangement of her machinery is seen in Fig. 109. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Such an arrangement is equivalent to wheel and axle (Fig. 112); the capstan used on shipboard for raising the anchor has the same principle. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- She would, therefore, by this arrangement, become Sir Percival's wife about three months before she was of age. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- We were so absorbed in one another we were of no mortal use apart, and that charming arrangement would make everything easy all round, so we did it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The underlying phenomena were similar, the difference consisting largely in the arrangement of the circuits and apparatus. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The whole arrangement indicated some plan; this I sawbut without the least anxiety. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They cling to some arrangement, hoping against experience that a government freed from human nature will automatically produce human benefits. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He won't be here this three-quarters of an hour or more,' said the young lady who superintended the domestic arrangements of the Blue Boar. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Having completed these arrangements, he walked up to the gate, to read the bill. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Now, about the pecuniary arrangements between us--do tell me--are they satisfactory? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There must be something short-sighted in the eternal arrangements, surely! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There he made all the necessary arrangements for having the Diamond cut into separate stones. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Intense loyalty to the queen mother is apparent in all their activities and arrangements. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Are all your arrangements complete? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But at this time his arrangements had most of them gone no farther than a stage at which he could recall them if they proved to be unnecessary. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Ah, she said, I envy Gerty that power she has of dressing up with romance all our ugly and prosaic arrangements! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- These arrangements is made by mutual consent between Mrs Boffin and me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As, of course, all family arrangements fell into the hands of servants, St. Clare found his menage anything but comfortable. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Quietly and steadily have all these arrangements made in the courtyard here, even to the taking of your own seat in the carriage. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I'd made all my arrangements--I very nearly crossed you in the train. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- A supper-table, glittering with plate and cut glass, was set out, on whose arrangements our former friend, old Chloe, was presiding. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He went and made arrangements for the departure on the morrow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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