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arrange

verb

Simple meaning

To set up.

Pronunciation

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ɚˈeɪndʒ

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

verb

  1. transitive

    To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

  2. Set (printed matter) into a specific format

  3. Plan, organize, and carry out (an event)

  4. transitiveintransitive

    To plan; to prepare in advance.

  5. musictransitiveintransitive

    To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B2 · Upper Intermediate
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

Used this way, arrange is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
No strong connotation
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.

More ways to use arrange

  • “Can you arrange a meeting with the President?”verb
  • “Arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order.”verb

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Similar Words, What’s the Difference?

Close in meaning, but not always interchangeable.

  • set

    To arrange (type).

  • order

    To arrange, set in proper order.

  • set up

    To arrange logically.

  • dress

    Put on clothes.

Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • arrangedadjectiveInflected form

    Disposed or placed in a particular kind of order.

  • arrangingnounInflected form

    The act of arranging and adapting a piece of music.

  • arrangernounInflected form

    A person who brings order and organization to an enterprise.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • arrangementnounDerived noun · specialist

    The thing arranged or agreed to.

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Antonyms

Sense: to set up

disarrangeRare

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