noun
Meaning 1
The act of arranging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
arrangement
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
The manner of being arranged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A collection of things that have been arranged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A particular way in which items are organized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Preparations for some undertaking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, often, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
An agreement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
An adaptation of a piece of music for other instruments, or in another style.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arranging, transcription
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: composing, composition
Narrower terms: rearrangement, orchestration, instrumentation
noun
Meaning 9
the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the arrangement of the furniture
- the placement of the chairs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: placement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: position, spatial relation
Narrower terms: formation, columniation, composition, composing, fenestration, proportion, proportionality, balance, alignment, misalignment, ramification, spacing, spatial arrangement, tandem
noun
Meaning 10
an organized structure for arranging or classifying
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: organization, organisation, system
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: structure
Narrower terms: classification system, contrivance, coordinate system, frame of reference, reference system, reference frame, data structure, design, plan, distribution, statistical distribution, genetic map, kinship system, lattice, living arrangement, ontology, calendar
noun
Meaning 11
the thing arranged or agreed to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they made arrangements to meet in Chicago
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agreement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: planning, preparation, provision
Narrower terms: collusion, prearrangement
noun
Meaning 12
a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: musical arrangement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
Narrower terms: orchestration, instrumentation
noun
Meaning 13
an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a flower arrangement
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: group, grouping
Narrower terms: flower arrangement, floral arrangement, lash-up, contrivance, scaffold, array, classification, categorization, categorisation, estivation, aestivation, tableau, tableau vivant, venation, vernation, formation, ordering, order, ordination
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor.? Proto-Indo-European *h3reǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *rinkanąder. Proto-Germanic *rankaz Frankish *rankbor.? Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengier Old French arangier French arranger Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment French -ment French arrangementbor. English arrangement From French arrangement. Morphologically arrange + -ment.
Across languages
Translations
207 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تَرْتِيب (tartīb) — act of arranging
- Bengali: ব্যবস্থা (bêbostha) — act of arranging
- Bengali: এন্তেজাম (entejam) — act of arranging
- Bulgarian: подре́ждане (podréždane) — act of arranging
- Catalan: arreglada — act of arranging
- Catalan: arranjament — act of arranging
- Chinese Mandarin: 排列 (páiliè) — act of arranging
- Chinese Mandarin: 安排 (ānpái) — act of arranging
- Danish: arrangement — act of arranging
- Finnish: järjestely — act of arranging
- Finnish: järjestäminen — act of arranging
- French: arrangement — act of arranging
- French: mise en ordre — act of arranging
- French: aménagement — act of arranging
- Galician: arranxo — act of arranging
- German: Gestalten — act of arranging
- German: Zusammenstellen — act of arranging
- German: Anordnen — act of arranging
- German: Gestaltung — act of arranging
- German: Anordnung — act of arranging
- Hindi: प्रबंधन (prabandhan) — act of arranging
- Hindi: इंतज़ाम (intazām) — act of arranging
- Hindi: व्यवस्था (vyavasthā) — act of arranging
- Hungarian: elrendezés — act of arranging
- Icelandic: röðun — act of arranging
- Icelandic: skipan — act of arranging
- Icelandic: uppsetning — act of arranging
- Icelandic: uppröðun — act of arranging
- Icelandic: uppstilling — act of arranging
- Irish: inleadh — act of arranging
- Italian: arrangiamento — act of arranging
- Italian: sistemazione — act of arranging
- Japanese: 配置 (haichi) — act of arranging
- Lithuanian: sutvarkymas — act of arranging
- Macedonian: распоредување (rasporeduvanje) — act of arranging
- Macedonian: подредување (podreduvanje) — act of arranging
- Malay: penyusunan — act of arranging
- Malayalam: ക്രമീകരണം (kramīkaraṇaṁ) — act of arranging
- Malayalam: സജ്ജീകരണം (sajjīkaraṇaṁ) — act of arranging
- Māori: whakaritenga — act of arranging
- Norwegian Bokmål: arrangement — act of arranging
- Norwegian Nynorsk: arrangement — act of arranging
- Polish: aranżacja — act of arranging
- Polish: aranż — act of arranging
- Portuguese: arranjo — act of arranging
- Romanian: aranjare — act of arranging
- Romanian: aranjament — act of arranging
- Russian: приведе́ние в поря́док (privedénije v porjádok) — act of arranging
- Russian: расстано́вка (rasstanóvka) — act of arranging
- Russian: приготовле́ния (prigotovlénija) — act of arranging
- Spanish: arreglo — act of arranging
- Spanish: arreglada — act of arranging
- Spanish: acotejo — act of arranging
- Spanish: compaginación — act of arranging
- Swahili: orodha — act of arranging
- Turkish: ayarlama — act of arranging
- Turkish: düzenleme — act of arranging
- Ottoman Turkish: قوروم (kurum) — act of arranging
- Urdu: انتظام (intazām) — act of arranging
- Bulgarian: разположе́ние (razpoložénie) — manner of being arranged
- Czech: rozmístění — manner of being arranged
- Esperanto: aranĝo — manner of being arranged
- Finnish: järjestys — manner of being arranged
- French: disposition — manner of being arranged
- German: Anordnungsweise — manner of being arranged
- German: Anordnungsart — manner of being arranged
- German: Anordnung — manner of being arranged
- German: Gestaltungsweise — manner of being arranged
- German: Gestaltungsart — manner of being arranged
- German: Gestaltung — manner of being arranged
- Ancient Greek: τάξις (táxis) — manner of being arranged
- Icelandic: skipan — manner of being arranged
- Icelandic: uppsetning — manner of being arranged
- Icelandic: uppröðun — manner of being arranged
- Icelandic: uppstilling — manner of being arranged
- Italian: incontro — manner of being arranged
- Lithuanian: išdėstymas — manner of being arranged
- Macedonian: распоред (raspored) — manner of being arranged
- Malayalam: ക്രമീകരണം (kramīkaraṇaṁ) — manner of being arranged
- Māori: whakaritenga — manner of being arranged
- Polish: układ — manner of being arranged
- Portuguese: arranjamento — manner of being arranged
- Russian: расстано́вка (rasstanóvka) — manner of being arranged
- Russian: расположе́ние (raspoložénije) — manner of being arranged
- Sanskrit: विधान (vidhāna) — manner of being arranged
- Spanish: disposición — manner of being arranged
- Spanish: arreglo — manner of being arranged
- Spanish: acotejo — manner of being arranged
- Spanish: compaginación — manner of being arranged
- Swahili: orodha — manner of being arranged
- Telugu: అమరిక (amarika) — manner of being arranged
- Bulgarian: наре́дба (narédba) — collection of things that have been arranged
- Finnish: asetelma — collection of things that have been arranged
- Finnish: sommitelma — collection of things that have been arranged
- French: composition — collection of things that have been arranged
- German: Zusammenstellung — collection of things that have been arranged
- German: Anordnung — collection of things that have been arranged
- Hebrew: סידור (sidúr) — collection of things that have been arranged
- Italian: composizione — collection of things that have been arranged
- Māori: rākaitanga — collection of things that have been arranged
- Polish: układ — collection of things that have been arranged
- Portuguese: arranjo — collection of things that have been arranged
- Serbo-Croatian: aranžman — collection of things that have been arranged
- Swahili: orodha — collection of things that have been arranged
- Telugu: అమరిక (amarika) — collection of things that have been arranged
- Ottoman Turkish: قوروم (kurum) — collection of things that have been arranged
- Bulgarian: подре́дба (podrédba) — the manner in which items have been organised or positioned
- Bulgarian: наре́дба (narédba) — the manner in which items have been organised or positioned
- German: Anordnungsweise — the manner in which items have been organised or positioned
- German: Anordnung — the manner in which items have been organised or positioned
- Italian: disposizione — the manner in which items have been organised or positioned
- Māori: nahanaha — the manner in which items have been organised or positioned
- Polish: układ — the manner in which items have been organised or positioned
- Russian: расстано́вка (rasstanóvka) — the manner in which items have been organised or positioned
- Russian: расположе́ние (raspoložénije) — the manner in which items have been organised or positioned
- Sanskrit: विधान (vidhāna) — the manner in which items have been organised or positioned
- Spanish: arreglo — the manner in which items have been organised or positioned
- Ottoman Turkish: قوروم (kurum) — the manner in which items have been organised or positioned
- Bulgarian: ме́рки (mérki) — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Bulgarian: приготовле́ния (prigotovlénija) — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Dutch: voorbereiding — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Dutch: afspraak — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Dutch: akkoord — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Dutch: regeling — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Finnish: järjestelyt — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Finnish: käytännönjärjestelyt — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Finnish: käytännön järjestelyt — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- French: préparatifs — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Icelandic: ráðstafanir — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Italian: preparativi — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Italian: disposizioni — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Italian: modalità — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Māori: whakariteritenga — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Polish: przygotowania — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Portuguese: preparativos — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Russian: приготовле́ния (prigotovlénija) — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Russian: ме́ры (méry) — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Serbo-Croatian: pripreme — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Serbo-Croatian: priprave — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Spanish: preparativos — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Spanish: planes — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Telugu: ఏర్పాట్లు (ērpāṭlu) — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Ottoman Turkish: حاضرلق (hazırlık) — plural: preparations for some undertaking
- Belarusian: дамо́ўленасць (damówljenascʹ) — agreement
- Bulgarian: догово́реност (dogovórenost) — agreement
- Catalan: acord — agreement
- Dutch: regeling — agreement
- Finnish: sopimus — agreement
- Finnish: sovinto — agreement
- Finnish: järjestely — agreement
- French: accord — agreement
- German: Übereinkunft — agreement
- German: Arrangement — agreement
- German: Absprache — agreement
- German: Regelung — agreement
- German: Vereinbarung — agreement
- Hebrew: הסדר (hesdér) — agreement
- Icelandic: samkomulag — agreement
- Irish: socrú — agreement
- Italian: accomodamento — agreement
- Italian: accordo — agreement
- Italian: compromesso — agreement
- Lithuanian: susitarimas — agreement
- Malayalam: യോജിപ്പ് (yōjippŭ) — agreement
- Persian: قرارداد (qarârdâd) — agreement
- Persian: پیمان (peymân) — agreement
- Polish: układ — agreement
- Polish: umowa — agreement
- Portuguese: acordo — agreement
- Russian: договорённость (dogovorjónnostʹ) — agreement
- Russian: соглаше́ние (soglašénije) — agreement
- Serbo-Croatian: aranžman — agreement
- Slovene: sporazum — agreement
- Spanish: arreglo — agreement
- Spanish: acuerdo — agreement
- Spanish: arreglín — agreement
- Swahili: orodha — agreement
- Ukrainian: домо́вленість (domóvlenistʹ) — agreement
- Bulgarian: аранжиме́нт (aranžimént) — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Catalan: arrangement — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Chinese Mandarin: 改編曲 /改编曲 (gǎibiānqǔ) — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Chinese Mandarin: 改編樂曲 /改编乐曲 (gǎibiānyuèqǔ) — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Dutch: arrangement — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Finnish: sovitus — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Finnish: sovittaminen — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- French: arrangement — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- German: Arrangement — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- German: bearbeitetes Musikstück — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- German: Bearbeitung (eines Musikstückes) — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- German: musikalische Bearbeitung — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Hebrew: עיבוד (ʿibud) — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Icelandic: útsetning — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Indonesian: aransemen — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Irish: ceartú — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Italian: arrangiamento — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Japanese: アレンジ (arenji) — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Polish: aranżacja — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Polish: aranż — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Portuguese: arranjo — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Russian: аранжиро́вка (aranžiróvka) — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Scottish Gaelic: rèiteachadh — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Slovene: priredba — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Slovene: aranžma — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Spanish: arreglo — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Swahili: orodha — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Turkish: düzenleme — music: adaptation of a piece of music
- Turkish: aranjman — music: adaptation of a piece of music
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