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arrange

ar·range
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-reynj]
    • /əˈreɪndʒ/
    • /əˈreɪndʒ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-reynj]
    • /əˈreɪndʒ/

Definitions of arrange word

  • verb arrange If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen. 3
  • verb arrange If you arrange with someone to do something, you make plans with them to do it. 3
  • verb arrange If you arrange something for someone, you make it possible for them to have it or to do it. 3
  • verb arrange If you arrange things somewhere, you place them in a particular position, usually in order to make them look attractive or tidy. 3
  • verb arrange If a piece of music is arranged by someone, it is changed or adapted so that it is suitable for particular instruments or voices, or for a particular performance. 3
  • verb arrange to put into a proper, systematic, or decorative order 3

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Origin of arrange

First appearance:

before 1325
One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English arayngen < Middle French arangier, equivalent to a- a-5 + rangier to range

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Parts of speech for Arrange

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

arrange popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for arrange

verb arrange

  • organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
  • file — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
  • form — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
  • sort — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
  • systematize — to arrange in or according to a system; reduce to a system; make systematic.

Antonyms for arrange

verb arrange

  • destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • disarrange — to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
  • disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
  • disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
  • mix up — an act or instance of mixing.

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