arrangement

[ uh-reynj-muhnt ]

/ əˈreɪndʒ mənt /

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noun

an act of arranging; state of being arranged.

the manner or way in which things are arranged: a tactful arrangement of the seating at dinner.

a final settlement; adjustment by agreement: The arrangement with the rebels lasted only two weeks.

Usually arrangements. preparatory measures; plans; preparations: They made arrangements for an early departure.

something arranged in a particular way: a floral arrangement; the arrangement of chairs for the seminar.

Music.

the adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments, or to a new purpose.
a piece so adapted.

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Idioms about arrangement

final arrangements, the planning or scheduling of funeral services and burial: Final arrangements are still pending.

Origin of arrangement

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

OTHER WORDS FROM arrangement

re·ar·range·ment, noun

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How to use arrangement in a sentence

This arrangement with Rochester, which is also part of the International League, should feel very similar to that.
Nationals have a new Class AAA affiliate in Rochester Red Wings|Jesse Dougherty|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
They are making their own arrangements with pharmaceutical companies instead.
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That arrangement eventually allowed Smith to become a billionaire himself.
A dodgy deal helped make him a billionaire. It worked, until now.|Peter Whoriskey, Yeganeh Torbati, Keith L. Alexander|November 9, 2020|Washington Post
The lack of any criminal complaint may suggest Individual X is already incarcerated and may have agreed to turn over the Bitcoin as part of a cooperation arrangement with authorities.
Feds seize $1 billion in Bitcoin from mystery man ‘X’|Jeff|November 5, 2020|Fortune

I was also able to handle my grief and be helpful to my family during the painful but necessary arrangements that had to be made before and after her departure.
The Joys of Being a Stoic - Issue 92: Frontiers|Massimo Pigliucci|November 4, 2020|Nautilus
And there was some significant rearrangement at the top of the list, and some movement at the bottom, too.
Airports From Hell, 2010|The Daily Beast|November 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The poisonous property is lost in the general rearrangement which takes place during hydrolysis.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
Blake found it necessary to make a kind of work-desk in his section, and accordingly had a thorough rearrangement.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
But now a rearrangement of the circumstances, apart from the finger-print, began to throw a new light on the matter.
The Grell Mystery|Frank Froest
The culmination of this rearrangement of the political atoms of society was the War for Independence of 1776.
Virginia Under Charles I And Cromwell, 1625-1660|Wilcomb E. Washburn
In the granite it consists of various stages of change in form, attended by some chemical rearrangement.
History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia|James W. Head

British Dictionary definitions for arrangement

arrangement

/ (əˈreɪndʒmənt) /

noun

the act of arranging or being arranged

the form in which things are arrangedhe altered the arrangement of furniture in the room

a thing composed of various ordered parts; the result of arranginga flower arrangement

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

an agreement or settlement; understanding

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

an adaptation (of a play, etc) for broadcasting

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