arrange
//əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ//
Forms
- present (v1)
- arrange
- past (v2)
- arranged
- past participle (v3)
- arranged
- present participle
- arranging
- 3rd person singular
- arranges
- Plural
- arranges
Definitions
1.To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
- The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century,[…].
2.To plan; to prepare in advance.
- It had been arranged as part of the day's programme that Mr. Cooke was to drive those who wished to go over the Rise in his new brake.
3.To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.
- I'm sure we could arrange that.
1.rearranged rendition of a song; arrangement
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2726
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
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.?