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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

1. the thing arranged or agreed to;
- Example: "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago"
[syn: agreement, arrangement]

2. an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging;
- Example: "a flower arrangement"

3. an organized structure for arranging or classifying;
- Example: "he changed the arrangement of the topics"
- Example: "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"
- Example: "he tried to understand their system of classification"
[syn: arrangement, organization, organisation, system]

4. the spatial property of the way in which something is placed;
- Example: "the arrangement of the furniture"
- Example: "the placement of the chairs"
[syn: placement, arrangement]

5. a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments;
[syn: musical arrangement, arrangement]

6. the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music;
[syn: arrangement, arranging, transcription]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Arrangement \Ar*range"ment\, n. [Cf. F. arrangement.]
   1. The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition;
      the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition
      in suitable form.
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   2. The manner or result of arranging; system of parts
      disposed in due order; regular and systematic
      classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the
      Linn[ae]an arrangement of plants.
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   3. Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we
      have made arrangement for receiving company.
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   4. Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have
      made an arrangement between themselves concerning their
      disputes; a satisfactory arrangement.
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   5. (Mus.)
      (a) The adaptation of a composition to voices or
          instruments for which it was not originally written.
      (b) A piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte
          arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral
          arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.
          [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

arrangement
    n 1: the thing arranged or agreed to; "they made arrangements to
         meet in Chicago" [syn: agreement, arrangement]
    2: an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a
       unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement"
    3: an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he
       changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were
       familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was
       original"; "he tried to understand their system of
       classification" [syn: arrangement, organization,
       organisation, system]
    4: the spatial property of the way in which something is placed;
       "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the
       chairs" [syn: placement, arrangement]
    5: a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a
       particular set of voices or instruments [syn: musical
       arrangement, arrangement]
    6: the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music [syn:
       arrangement, arranging, transcription]