orchestration
Americannoun
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the composition or arrangement of music for performance by a band or orchestra, or the music so composed or arranged.
Holst's iconic musical portrayal of the planets and their astrological significance delights audiences with its rich orchestration and memorable melodies.
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the instruments used in such a composition or arrangement; instrumentation.
Handel's original orchestration was for strings and continuo with occasional trumpets and drums.
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the plans or planning necessary to arrange something or cause something to happen.
The book chronicles the Empress Dowager’s selection as a concubine and her orchestration of the coup that made her the de facto ruler of China.
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Computers. an automated series of processes to configure, coordinate, or manage computer systems, data, or software.
A successful cloud strategy requires orchestration of on-demand provisioning processes and coordination of cloud resources.
Other Word Forms
- reorchestration noun
Etymology
Origin of orchestration
First recorded in 1830–40; orchestrat(e) ( def. ) + -ion ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Its advent signals that the orchestration layer commanded by agentic systems is maturing faster than expected.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Some customers are already using the agents, which also employ governance and orchestration from ServiceNow’s AI Control Tower product.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Model providers like Anthropic “are instead positioning themselves and their agents to be an orchestration layer on top of existing and incumbent systems,” the Deutsche Bank team added.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
Seeing all nine different angles unspool in “Sueño Perro” provides a new understanding of the moment’s challenging orchestration.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
What is different, and new, about this movement is not its structure, orchestration or technical bravado, but its attitude.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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