arrangement
noun
Simple meaning
An organized structure for arranging or classifying.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ɚˈeɪndʒmənt
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
An organized structure for arranging or classifying
“He changed the arrangement of the topics.”
A collection of things that have been arranged.
The act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
A particular way in which items are organized.
The manner of being arranged.
often in the plural
Preparations for some undertaking.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- General English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
Used this way, arrangement is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a musical use: it is everyday language among musicians and listeners, and specialised outside that.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Music/performance
- Arts writing
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More ways to use arrangement
- “He changed the arrangement of the topics.”noun
- “They made arrangements to meet in Chicago.”noun
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Word Family
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Word family
Words built from the same root.
A person who brings order and organization to an enterprise.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments.
The property possessed by an array of things that have space between them.
Arrangement of events in time.
A decorative arrangement of flowers.
A decorative arrangement of flowers.
An arrangement to allow people (or ideas) to coexist.
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