[syn: arranged, staged]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
arranged \arranged\ adj.
1. 1 disposed or placed in a particular kind of order. the
carefully arranged chessmen; haphazardly arranged
interlobular septa; comfortable chairs arranged around the
fireplace disarranged
Syn: ordered
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2. having a schedule and itinerary established prior to
departure; -- of travel plans. an arranged tour of Madrid
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3. 1 deliberately arranged for effect. candid
Syn: staged
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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.
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So [they] came to the market place, and there he
arranged his men in the streets. --Berners.
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[They] were beginning to arrange their hampers.
--Boswell.
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A mechanism previously arranged. --Paley.
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2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to
arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.
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Syn: Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
arranged
adj 1: disposed or placed in a particular kind of order; "the
carefully arranged chessmen"; "haphazardly arranged
interlobular septa"; "comfortable chairs arranged around
the fireplace" [syn: arranged, ordered] [ant:
disarranged]
2: planned in advance; "an arranged marriage"
3: deliberately arranged for effect; "one of those artfully
staged photographs" [syn: arranged, staged]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "arranged":
agreed, aligned, arrayed, assorted, blueprinted, businesslike,
calculated, categorized, charted, classified, compacted, composed,
constituted, contracted, contrived, covenanted, designed, devised,
disposed, engaged, figured, fixed, formal, graded, grouped,
habitual, harmonious, harmonized, in hand, in the works, marshaled,
methodical, methodized, normal, normalized, on the agenda,
on the anvil, on the calendar, on the carpet, on the docket,
on the tapis, ordered, orderly, organized, placed, planned,
plotted, projected, promised, ranged, ranked, rationalized,
regular, regularized, regulated, routine, routinized, scheduled,
schematized, sealed, set, settled, shaped, signed, sorted,
standardized, steady, stipulated, strategetic, strategic,
sur le tapis, symmetrical, synchronized, systematic, systematized,
tactical, undertaken, uniform, usual, well-ordered, well-regulated,
worked out