arrangement

American  

[uh-raynj-muhnt] / əˈreɪndʒ mənt /

noun

• arrangements
  plural

1. an act of arranging; state of being arranged.

2. the manner or way in which things are arranged.

   a tactful arrangement of the seating at dinner.

3. a final settlement; adjustment by agreement.

   The arrangement with the rebels lasted only two weeks.

4. Usually arrangements. preparatory measures; plans; preparations.

   They made arrangements for an early departure.

5. something arranged in a particular way.

   a floral arrangement; the arrangement of chairs for the seminar.

6. Music.

   1. the adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments, or to a new purpose.

   2. a piece so adapted.

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idioms

1. final arrangements, the planning or scheduling of funeral services and burial.

   Final arrangements are still pending.

arrangement British  

/ əˈreɪndʒmənt /

noun

1. the act of arranging or being arranged

2. the form in which things are arranged

   he altered the arrangement of furniture in the room

3. a thing composed of various ordered parts; the result of arranging

   a flower arrangement

4. (often plural) a preparatory measure taken or plan made; preparation

5. an agreement or settlement; understanding

6. an adaptation of a piece of music for performance in a different way, esp on different instruments from those for which it was originally composed

7. an adaptation (of a play, etc) for broadcasting

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• rearrangement
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• arrangements
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of arrangement

From French, dating back to 1720–30; see origin at arrange, -ment

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Explanation

When you organize things in an orderly way, the result is called an arrangement. If you admire your friend's arrangement of his living room furniture, you might go home and make a similar arrangement. Your brother might keep an arrangement of Lego creations on his desk, and you could put an arrangement of wildflowers in a vase in the middle of your kitchen table. Another kind of arrangement is one you make when you negotiate an agreement with another person: "We have an arrangement — she gives me a ride to school and I walk her dog in the afternoon." The Old French root, arengier, means "to set in a row."

Example Sentences

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arrangement arrangements

Naturally, I would work with my attorney and CPA to structure any arrangement appropriately.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Earlier this month, the two sides reached an understanding on Chinese hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicle exports to the bloc—an arrangement that could cut Chinese shipments by more than half.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Many were remarkably well preserved, and some remained connected in their original arrangement.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Board members for the nonprofit, which runs domestic violence shelters in the L.A. area, approved the arrangement in 2018, according to emails.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Small red and yellow flowers and a trail of ivy spill out of the basket beneath them, and a tiny model of the medicine wheel on a spike adorns the center of the arrangement.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Alongside the compact are a stack of deals, short-term agreements, treaties, multistate pacts, federal interventions and other legal arrangements governing water used for drinking, irrigation, hydropower and recreation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

These arrangements are designed to give defenders a head start, rather than make every advance equally available to attackers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

They could be marketed via multiple distribution arrangements including sales loads and monthly marketing fees.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

They claimed Tchigirinsky had approached them "in the spring of 2002" with a view to new financing arrangements.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Mr. Richardson, too, found the new arrangements awkward.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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