verb 1. to put in order ○ The chairs are arranged in rows. ○ The books are arranged in alphabetical order. ○ The ground floor is arranged as an open-plan area with a little kitchen at the side. 2. to organise ○ Let’s arrange to meet somewhere before we go to the theatre. ○ The tour has been arranged by the travel agent. ○ She arranged for a taxi to meet him at the airport. ○ I’ve arranged with my mother that she will feed the cat while we’re away. 3. to change a piece of music in order to make it suitable for playing on different instruments ○ The piece was written for the piano, but it has been arranged for full orchestra. (NOTE: You arrange for someone to do something; you arrange for something to be done; or you arrange to do something.)
ar•range´
v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arranged; p. pr. & vb. n. Arranging .] [OE. arayngen, OF. arengier, F. arranger, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. rengier, rangier, F. ranger. See Range, v. t.]
1. 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. “So [they] came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets.
Berners.” “[They] were beginning to arrange their hampers.
Boswell.” “A mechanism previously arranged.
Paley.”
2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking. Syn. — Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify.
1. 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. “So [they] came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets.
Berners.” “[They] were beginning to arrange their hampers.
Boswell.” “A mechanism previously arranged.
Paley.”
2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking. Syn. — Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify.
Meaning of “arrange” in English language – verb 1. to put in order ○ The chairs are...
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