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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARRANGEMENT, n.
1. The act of putting in proper order; the state of being put in order; disposition in suitable form.
2. That which is disposed in order; system of parts disposed in due order.
The interest of that portion of social arrangement is in the hands of all those who compose it.
3. Preparatory measure; previous disposition; as, we have made arrangements for receiving company.
4. Final settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a popular use of the word.
5. Classification of facts relating to a subject, in a regular, systematic order; as the Linnean arrangement of plants.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the thing arranged or agreed to; "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago" [syn: agreement, arrangement]
2: an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement"
3: an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" [syn: arrangement, organization, organisation, system]
4: the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs" [syn: placement, arrangement]
5: a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments [syn: musical arrangement, arrangement]
6: the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music [syn: arrangement, arranging, transcription]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1690 1. a. the state of being arranged ; order <everything in neat arrangement> b. the act of arranging <the arrangement of the details was quickly accomplished> 2. something arranged: as a. a preliminary measure ; preparation <travel arrangements> b. an adaptation of a musical composition by rescoring c. an informal agreement or settlement especially on personal, social, or political matters <arrangements under the new regime> 3. something made by arranging parts or things together <a floral arrangement>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or process of arranging or being arranged. 2 the condition of being arranged; the manner in which a thing is arranged. 3 something arranged. 4 (in pl.) plans, measures (make your own arrangements). 5 Mus. a composition arranged for performance by different instruments or voices (see ARRANGE 6a). 6 settlement of a dispute etc. Etymology: F (as ARRANGE, -MENT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jacquard Jac*quard", a. Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834. Jacquard apparatus or arrangement, a device applied to looms for weaving figured goods, consisting of mechanism controlled by a chain of variously perforated cards, which cause the warp threads to be lifted in the proper succession for producing the required figure. Jacquard card, one of the perforated cards of a Jacquard apparatus. Jackquard loom, a loom with Jacquard apparatus.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Arrangement Ar*range"ment, n. [Cf. F. arrangement.] 1. The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form. 2. The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the Linn[ae]an arrangement of plants. 3. Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company. 4. Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement. 5. (Mus.) (a) The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written. (b) A piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(arrangements) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible. The staff is working frantically on final arrangements for the summit... She telephoned Ellen, but made no arrangements to see her. ...all the travel arrangements. N-COUNT: usu pl, oft N for n, N to-inf 2. An arrangement is an agreement that you make with someone to do something. The caves can be visited only by prior arrangement... Her class teacher made a special arrangement to discuss her progress at school once a month. N-COUNT: also by N 3. An arrangement of things, for example flowers or furniture, is a group of them displayed in a particular way. The house was always decorated with imaginative flower arrangements. N-COUNT: with supp 4. If someone makes an arrangement of a piece of music, they change it so that it is suitable for particular voices or instruments, or for a particular performance. ...an arrangement of a well-known piece by Mozart... N-COUNT: usu with supp

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Disposition, classification, method, distribution, grouping, collocation, placing, array, reducing to order. 2. Structure, make, form, mode of building, manner of making. 3. Adjustment, settlement, agreement. 4. Regulation, management, economy. 5. Preparation, plan, scheme.

Moby Thesaurus

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