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ar·range  (-rnj)

v. ar·ranged, ar·rang·ing, ar·rang·es

v.tr.

1. To put into a specific order or relation; dispose: arrange shoes in a neat row.

2. To plan or prepare for: arrange a picnic.

3. To bring about an agreement concerning; settle: "It has been arranged for him by his family to marry a girl of his own class" (Edmund Wilson).

4. Music To reset (a composition) for other instruments or voices or as another style of performance.

v.intr.

1. To come to an agreement.

2. To make preparations; plan: arrange for a big wedding.

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[Middle English arengen, from Old French arengier : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + rengier, to put in a line (from reng, line; see sker-² in Indo-European roots).]

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ar·ranger n.

Synonyms: arrange, marshal, order, organize, sort, systematize
These verbs mean to distribute or dispose persons or things properly or methodically: arranging figures numerically; to marshal all relevant facts for presentation; ordered my chaotic life; organized the fundraiser; sorted the sweaters by color; systematized the assorted files.

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arrange [əˈreɪndʒ]

vb

1. (tr) to put into a proper, systematic, or decorative order

2. (tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to arrive at an agreement or understanding about; settle

3. (when intr, often foll by for; when tr, may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to make plans or preparations in advance (for something) we arranged for her to be met

4. (Music, other) (tr) to adapt (a musical composition) for performance in a different way, esp on different instruments

5. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (tr) to adapt (a play, etc.) for broadcasting

6. (intr; often foll by with) to come to an agreement

[from Old French arangier, from a-² + rangier to put in a row, range]

arrangeable  adj

arranger  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	arrange - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" set up regularise, regularize - make regular or more regular; "regularize the heart beat with a pace maker" order - place in a certain order; "order the photos chronologically" order - bring order to or into; "Order these files" straighten - make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair" rearrange - put into a new order or arrangement; "Please rearrange these files"; "rearrange the furniture in my room" serialise, serialize - arrange serially; "Serialize the numbers" alphabetise, alphabetize - arrange in alphabetical order; "Alphabetize the list" coordinate, organise, organize - bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?" stratify - form layers or strata; "The rock stratifies" string, thread, draw - thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" marshal - arrange in logical order; "marshal facts or arguments" string - stretch out or arrange like a string string out, spread out - set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series; "the houses were strung out in a long row" preen, plume - clean with one's bill; "The birds preened" stack - arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances; "stack the deck of cards" chain - connect or arrange into a chain by linking geminate, pair - arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers" concord - arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance; "The team concorded several thousand nouns, verbs, and adjectives" cascade - arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible settle - arrange or fix in the desired order; "She settled the teacart" pyramid - arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid corral - arrange wagons so that they form a corral catenate, catenulate - arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores decorate, dress - provide with decoration; "dress the windows" array, lay out, set out, range - lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments" wad, compact, pack, bundle - compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" pile, stack, heap - arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves" stagger, distribute - to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall" drape - arrange in a particular way; "drape a cloth" drape - place casually; "The cat draped herself on the sofa" set - fix in a border; "The goldsmith set the diamond" gradate - arrange according to grades; "These lines are gradated" line up - form a line; "The buildings all line up neatly" disarrange - destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"
	2.	arrange - make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?" fix up agree, concur, concord, hold - be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" firm up - arrange firmly; "firm up one's plans" concord - arrange by concord or agreement; "Concord the conditions for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a commoner" settle - dispose of; make a financial settlement
	3.	arrange - plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion" stage initiate, pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants" dogfight - arrange for an illegal dogfight tee up - make detailed arrangements or preparations phase - arrange in phases or stages; "phase a withdrawal"
	4.	arrange - set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out" format change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" indent - set in from the margin; "Indent the paragraphs of a letter" rubricate - furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics; "the manuscript is not rubricated"
	5.	arrange - arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" coiffe, coiffure, coif, do, dress, set bob - cut hair in the style of a bob; "Bernice bobs her hair these days!" wave - set waves in; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair" neaten, groom - care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed" groom, curry, dress - give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses"
	6.	arrange - adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music" set music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner prearrange - arrange beforehand compose, write - write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" put - adapt; "put these words to music" transpose - put (a piece of music) into another key tabularise, tabularize, tabulate, table - arrange or enter in tabular form
	7.	arrange - arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" order, put, set up contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize - arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; "synchronize biblical events" phrase - divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical passage" organize, organise - cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea

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arrange

verb

1. plan, agree, prepare, determine, schedule, organize, construct, devise, contrive, fix up She arranged an appointment for Friday afternoon.

2. put in order, group, form, order, sort, class, position, range, file, rank, line up, organize, set out, sequence, exhibit, sort out (informal), array, classify, tidy, marshal, align, categorize, systematize He started to arrange the books in piles.
put in order disturb, scatter, mess up, disorganize, disarrange

3. adapt, score, orchestrate, harmonize, instrument The songs were arranged by a well-known pianist.

Translations

arrange [əˈreɪndʒ]

A. VT

1. (= put into order) [+ books, thoughts] → ordenar; [+ hair, flowers] → arreglar
to arrange one's affairs → poner sus asuntos en orden
how did we arrange matters last time? → ¿cómo lo organizamos la última vez?

2. (= place) [+ furniture, chairs] → disponer, colocar
how is the room arranged? → ¿qué disposición tienen los muebles?

3. (= plan) → planear, fijar; [+ meeting] → organizar; [+ schedule, programme] → acordar
to arrange a party → organizar una fiesta
everything is arranged → todo está arreglado
"to be arranged" → "por determinar"
it was arranged that → se quedó en que ...
have you anything arranged for tomorrow? → ¿tienes planes para mañana?, ¿tienes algún compromiso mañana?
a marriage has been arranged between → se ha concertado la boda de ...
I've arranged a surprise for tonight → he preparado una sorpresa para esta noche
to arrange a time for → fijar una hora para
what did you arrange with him? → ¿en qué quedaste con él?

4. (Mus) → adaptar, hacer los arreglos de

B. VI to arrange to do sth → quedar en hacer algo
I arranged to meet him at the cafe → quedé en verlo or quedé con él en el café
I have arranged to see him tonight → quedamos en vernos esta noche, he quedado con él esta noche
to arrange with sb to + INFIN → ponerse de acuerdo con algn para que + subjun
to arrange with sb that → convenir con algn en que + subjun
I have arranged for you to go → lo he arreglado para que vayas
can you arrange for my luggage to be sent up? → por favor, (haga)que me suban el equipaje
can you arrange for him to replace you? → ¿puedes arreglarlo para que te sustituya?

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arrange [əˈreɪndʒ]

vt

(= organize) [+ holiday, party, funeral] → organiser; [+ accomodation, flights] → organiser; [+ interview, meeting, appointment, visit, programme] → convenir de
to arrange a meeting → convenir d'un rendez-vous
Can we arrange a meeting? → Pouvons-nous convenir d'un rendez-vous?
to arrange a party → organiser une fête
it was arranged that ... → il a été convenu que ..., il a été décidé que ...

(= put, place) [+ seats] → disposer; [+ room, clothes] → arranger
to arrange sth in piles → ranger qch en piles

[+ flowers] → arranger

[+ song, piece of music] → arranger
to be arranged by sb [piece of music] → être arrangé(e) par qn

[+ finance, mortgage] → obtenir

vi
to arrange to do sth → prévoir de faire qch
They arranged to go out together on Friday → Ils ont prévu de sortir ensemble vendredi.
We have arranged for a car to pick you up → Nous avons prévu qu'une voiture vienne vous prendre.
to arrange for sth to be done → faire en sorte que qch soit fait
arranged marriage n → mariage m arrangé

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arrange

vt

(= order) → ordnen; furniture, objects → aufstellen, hinstellen; items in a collection, books in library etc → anordnen; flowers → arrangieren; room → einrichten; (fig) thoughts → ordnen; I don’t want you arranging my life for me → ich will nicht, dass du mein Leben planst

(= fix, see to) → vereinbaren, ausmachen; details → regeln; party → arrangieren; to arrange a mortgage for somebody → jdm eine Hypothek beschaffen; I’ll arrange for you to meet him → ich arrangiere für Sie ein Treffen mit ihm; I have arranged for a car to pick you up → ich habe Ihnen einen Wagen besorgt, der Sie mitnimmt; can you arrange an interview with the President for me? → können Sie mir ein Interview mit dem Präsidenten besorgen?; we need some more glasses — I’ll arrange that → es sind nicht genug Gläser da — das mache or reg(e)le (inf) → ich; his manager wants to arrange another fight next month → sein Manager will nächsten Monat noch einen Kampf ansetzen; to arrange a sale/marriage → einen Verkauf/die Ehe vereinbaren; an arranged marriage → eine arrangierte Ehe; I’ll arrange the drinks, you get the food → ich besorge die Getränke, und du kümmerst dich um das Essen; if you could arrange to be ill that morning/there at five → wenn du es so einrichten kannst, dass du an dem Morgen krank/um fünf Uhr da bist; I think I could arrange that → ich glaube, das lässt sich machen or einrichten; that’s easily arranged → das lässt sich leicht einrichten or arrangieren (inf); how can we arrange it so it looks like an accident? → wie können wir es machen or drehen (inf), → dass es wie ein Unfall aussieht?; they’d obviously arranged things between themselves before the meeting started → sie hatten die Dinge offenbar vor Beginn des Treffens untereinander abgesprochen

(= settle, decide on) → vereinbaren, abmachen; nothing definite has been arranged yet → es ist noch nichts Verbindliches vereinbart worden; a meeting has been arranged for next month → nächsten Monat ist ein Treffen angesetzt; good, that’s arranged then → gut, das ist abgemacht!; I don’t like having things arranged for me → ich habe es nicht gern, wenn man Dinge für mich entscheidet; but you arranged to meet me! → aber du wolltest dich doch mit mir treffen!

(Mus) → bearbeiten, arrangieren

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arrange [əˈreɪndʒ]

1. vt

a. (put into order, books, thoughts, furniture) → sistemare, ordinare; (hair) → acconciare; (flowers) → sistemare

b. (Mus) → adattare, arrangiare

c. (decide on, meeting) → combinare, organizzare; (date) → stabilire, fissare; (programme) → stabilire, preparare
to arrange a time for → stabilire or fissare una data per
everything is arranged → è tutto a posto
it was arranged that ... → è stato deciso or stabilito che...
what did you arrange with him? → per or su che cosa siete rimasti d'accordo?
to arrange to do sth → mettersi d'accordo per fare qc

2. vi → mettersi d'accordo, combinare
to arrange for sth/for sb to do sth → organizzare or predisporre qc/che qn faccia qc
we have arranged for a taxi to pick you up → la faremo venire a prendere da un taxi
I have arranged for you to go → ho dato disposizione in modo che lei vada

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arrange

v arrange [əˈreindʒ]

1 to put in some sort of order Arrange these books in alphabetical order; She arranged the flowers in a vase. rangskik يُرَتِّب нареждам seřadit, uspořádat, upravit sætte; ordne ordnen τακτοποιώ, οργανώνω ordenar, disponer korrastama مرتب کردن järjestellä arranger לְסָדֵר सजाना poredati (el)rendez mengatur, menyusun, menata raða sistemare, disporre 整える 정돈하다 išdėstyti, sudėti, sutvarkyti sakārtot susun schikken, rangschikken ordne układać dispor a aran­ja; a ordona расставлять zoradiť, usporiadať urediti poređati ordna, arrangera เรียงลำดับ düzenlemek 整理 розташовувати; класифікувати ترتیب دینا sắp xếp 整理

2 to plan or make decisions (about future events) We have arranged a meeting for next week; I have arranged to meet him tomorrow. reël يُنَظِّم уреждам smluvit, zařídit aftale, blive enig om vereinbaren κανονίζω, κάνω σχέδια organizar, planear kokku leppima, korraldama ترتیب دادن؛ مقرر داشتن suunnitella prévoir (de) לְתַכְנֵן प्रबन्ध करना dogovoriti előkészít, megszervez, megbeszél merencanakan undirbúa programmare 取り決める 계획하다 susitarti norunāt mengatur afspreken avtale, bli enig om ustalać combinar a aran­ja, a stabili договариваться dohodnúť napovedati, predvideti isplanirati ordna, planera [] จัดเตรียม; เตรียมการ kararlaştırmak 安排 влаштовувати اہتممام کرنا ، بندوبست کرنا sửa soạn 安排

3 to make (a piece of music) suitable for particular voices or instruments music arranged for choir and orchestra. toonset يُعيد التَّوزيع الموسيقي аранжирам upravit arrangere; bearbejde bearbeiten διασκευάζω arreglar, adaptar seadma تنظیم کردن sovittaa adapter לְעַבֵּד चुनना aranžirati alkalmaz menggubah útsetja; raddsetja arrangiare 編曲する 편곡하다 aranžuoti aranžēt disusun arrangeren arrangere, bearbeide aranżować arranjar a adapta аранжировать upraviť prirediti napraviti muzički aranžman arrangera, bearbeta ปรับแต่งบทเพลงใหม่ (müzikte) uyarlamak, düzenlemek, aranjman yapmak 改編(樂曲) аранжувати انتظام کرنا ، درست کرنا soạn lại 改编（乐曲）

n arˈrangement

I like the arrangement of the furniture; flower-arrangements; They've finally come to some sort of arrangement about sharing expenses; a new arrangement for guitar and orchestra. toonsetting, ooreenkoms, reëling تَرْتيب، تَنْظيم، إعْداد موسيقي подредба uspořádání, dohoda, úprava arrangement; ordning die Anordnung, die Übereinkunft, die Bearbeitung διευθέτηση disposición; arreglo korraldus, lepe, seade آرایش؛ ترتیب järjestys arrangement סִידוּר प्रबन्ध aranžman elrendezés penataan raddsetning; útsetning; uppröðun disposizione; accordo; arrangiamento 配置 배치 išdėstymas, susitarimas, aranžuotė sakārtojums; vienošanās; aranžējums susunan schikking, arrangement ordning, avtale, arrangement układ, aranżacja arranjo aranja­ment компоновка; соглашение; аранжировка usporiadanie, úprava razporeditev; dogovor; priredba aranžman arrangemang การจัด; การปรับแต่งบทเพลงใหม่ düzenleme, sınıflandırma 佈置 улаштування; аранжування انتظام ، بندوبست sự sắp xếp 布置

n pl arˈrangements

plans; preparations Have you made any arrangments for a meeting with him?; funeral arrangements. reëlings تَرْتيبات планове opatření, přípravy aftaler; forberedelser die Vorbereitung ετοιμασίες (πληθ.) preparativos korraldused ترتیب؛ قرار järjestelyt préparatifs תָכְנִיוֹת @@@תוֹכנִיוֹת$$$ तैयारियां uređenje előkészületek persiapan ráðstafanir preparativi 準備 준비 susitarimas, pasirūpinimas vienošanās; sagatavošanas darbi persediaan schikkingen forberedelser, avtaler ustalenia, przygotowania disposições pre­gătiri приготовления prípravy (pred)priprave pripreme förberedelser การจัดเตรียม hazırlık, program 安排, 準備 приготування, заходи انتظامات sự chuẩn bị 安排

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arrange → يُرتِب zorganizovat arrangere arrangieren κανονίζω arreglar järjestää arranger poredati organizzare 手配する ...을 미리 준비하다 overeenkomen arrangere zaplanować arranjar, organizar приводить в порядок ordna จัดเตรียม düzenlemek thu xếp 安排