arrange
pronunciation
How to pronounce arrange in British English:
UK [əˈreɪndʒ]
How to pronounce arrange in American English:
US [əˈreɪndʒ]
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- Verb:
- put into a proper or systematic order
- make arrangements for
- plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
- set (printed matter) into a specific format
- arrange attractively
- adapt for performance in a different way
- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.
Word Origin
- arrange
- arrange: [14] Arrange is a French formation: Old French arangier was a compound verb formed from the prefix a- and the verb rangier ‘set in a row’ (related to English range and rank). In English its first, and for a long time its only meaning was ‘array in a line of battle’. Shakespeare does not use it, and it does not occur in the 1611 translation of the Bible. It is not until the 18th century that it becomes at all common, in the current sense ‘put in order’, and it has been speculated that this is a reborrowing from modern French arranger.=> range, rank
- arrange (v.)
- late 14c., "draw up a line of battle," from Old French arengier (12c.), from a- "to" (see ad-) + rangier "set in a row" (Modern French ranger), from rang "rank," from Frankish *hring (see rank (n.)). A rare word until the meaning generalized to "to place things in order" c. 1780-1800. Musical sense of "adapt for other instruments or voices" is from 1808. Related: Arranged; arranging. Arranged marriage attested from 1854.
Example
- 1. Hotline operators also arrange free abortions for teen girls .
- 2. How do you arrange the dials ?
- 3. Sitting in a different room , he would transcribe those airs and arrange them .
- 4. Forgas and I arrange to meet in his office one day in september .
- 5. I arrange my features into an unconvincing facsimile of a smile and walk over .