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VERB (7)

1. put into a proper or systematic order;
- Example: "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
[syn: arrange, set up]

2. make arrangements for;
- Example: "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?"
[syn: arrange, fix up]

3. plan, organize, and carry out (an event);
- Example: "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"
[syn: stage, arrange]

4. set (printed matter) into a specific format;
- Example: "Format this letter so it can be printed out"
[syn: format, arrange]

5. arrange attractively;
- Example: "dress my hair for the wedding"
[syn: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure]

6. adapt for performance in a different way;
- Example: "set this poem to music"
[syn: arrange, set]

7. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events;
- Example: "arrange my schedule"
- Example: "set up one's life"
- Example: "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
[syn: arrange, set up, put, order]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Arrange \Ar*range"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arranged; p. pr. & vb. n. Arranging.] [OE. arayngen, OF. arengier, F. arranger, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. rengier, rangier, F. ranger. See Range, v. t.] 1. To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle. [1913 Webster] So [they] came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets. --Berners. [1913 Webster] [They] were beginning to arrange their hampers. --Boswell. [1913 Webster] A mechanism previously arranged. --Paley. [1913 Webster] 2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking. [1913 Webster] Syn: Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

arrange v 1: put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" [syn: arrange, set up] [ant: disarrange] 2: make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?" [syn: arrange, fix up] 3: plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion" [syn: stage, arrange] 4: set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out" [syn: format, arrange] 5: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure] 6: adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music" [syn: arrange, set] 7: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" [syn: arrange, set up, put, order]