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arrangement

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ar·range·ment  (-rnjmnt)
n.
1. The act or process of arranging: the arrangement of a time and place for the meeting.
2. The condition, manner, or result of being arranged; disposal: provided flowers and saw to their arrangement.
3. A collection of things that have been arranged: the circular arrangement of megaliths called Stonehenge.
4. A provision or plan made in preparation for an undertaking. Often used in the plural: made arrangements for surgery.
5. An agreement or settlement; a disposition: Our dog will be looked after by arrangement with a neighbor.
6. Music
a. An adaptation of a composition for other instruments or voices or for another style of performance.
b. A composition so arranged.

arrangement
Noun
1. a preparation or plan made for an event: travel arrangements
2. an agreement or a plan to do something
3. a thing composed of various ordered parts: a flower arrangement
4. the form in which things are arranged
5. an adaptation of a piece of music for performance in a different way
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.arrangementarrangement - the thing arranged or agreed to; "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago"
planning, preparation, provision - the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties"
collusion - secret agreement
prearrangement - something arranged in advance
2.arrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement"
group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
floral arrangement, flower arrangement - a decorative arrangement of flowers
lash-up, contrivance - any improvised arrangement for temporary use
scaffold - a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers
array - an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order"
categorisation, categorization, classification - a group of people or things arranged by class or category
aestivation, estivation - (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
tableau, tableau vivant - a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)
venation - (botany) the arrangement of veins in a leaf
vernation - (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens
formation - an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"
ordering, ordination, order - logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
3.arrangement - 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"
structure - the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure"
classification system - a system for classifying things
contrivance - an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
coordinate system, frame of reference, reference frame, reference system - a system that uses coordinates to establish position
data structure - (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer)
design, plan - an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests"
distribution, statistical distribution - (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
genetic map - graphical representation of the arrangement of genes on a chromosome
kinship system - (anthropology) the system of social relationships that constitute kinship in a particular culture, including the terminology that is used and the reciprocal obligations that are entailed
lattice - an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions
living arrangement - an arrangement to allow people (or ideas) to coexist
ontology - (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations
calendar - a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year
4.arrangementarrangement - the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs"
formation - a particular spatial arrangement
spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"
columniation - (architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structure
composing, composition - the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art"
fenestration - the arrangement of windows in a building
proportionality, balance, proportion - harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
alignment - the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
misalignment - the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned
ramification - an arrangement of branching parts
spatial arrangement, spacing - the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them
tandem - an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another
5.arrangement - a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments
musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
orchestration - an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band
instrumentation - the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra
6.arrangementarrangement - the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
rearrangement - changing an arrangement
composing, composition - musical creation
orchestration, instrumentation - the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments
orchestration - an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect; "the skillful orchestration of his political campaign"

arrangement
noun 1. (often plural) plan, planning, provision, preparation
Translations
Spanish arrangement [əˈreɪndʒmənt] narreglo (= agreement); acuerdo;
arrangements npl (= plans) → planes mpl; medidas fpl (= preparations); preparativos mpl;
to come to an arrangement (with sb) → llegar a un acuerdo (con algn);
by arrangement → a convenir;
I'll make arrangements for you to be met → haré los preparativos para que le estén esperando

French arrangement [əˈreɪndʒmənt] arrange narrangement m;
to come to an arrangement (with sb) → se mettre d'accord (avec qn);
home deliveries by arrangement → livraison à domicile sur demande;
arrangements npl (= plans etc) → arrangements mpl, dispositions fpl;
I'll make arrangements for you to be met → je vous enverrai chercher

German arrangement [əˈreɪndʒmənt] arrange n (agreement) → Vereinbarung f;
(layout) → Anordnung f;
(Mus) → Arrangement nt, Bearbeitung f;
arrangements arrange nplPläne pl;
(preparations) → Vorbereitungen pl;
to come to an arrangement with sb arrange → eine Regelung mit jdm treffen;
home deliveries by arrangement arrange → nach Vereinbarung Lieferung ins Haus;
I'll make arrangements for you to be met arrange → ich werde veranlassen, dass Sie abgeholt werden

Italian arrangement [əˈreɪndʒmənt] nsistemazione f (= plans etc);
arrangementsprogetti mpl; piani mpl;
by arrangement → su richiesta;
to come to an arrangement (with sb) → venire ad un accordo (con qn), mettersi d'accordo or accordarsi (con qn);
I'll make arrangements for you to be met → darò disposizioni or istruzioni perché ci sia qualcuno ad incontrarla

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Diction' I mean the mere metrical arrangement of the words: as for
The Fuller replied, "The arrangement is impossible as far as I am concerned, for whatever I should whiten, you would immediately blacken again with your charcoal.
His own peasants put every hindrance they could in the way of this new arrangement, but it was carried out, and the first year the meadows had yielded a profit almost double.
 
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