arrangement

[ uh-reynj-muhnt ]

noun

1. an act of arranging; state of being arranged.
2. the manner or way in which things are arranged:

   a tactful arrangement of the seating at dinner.

3. a final settlement; adjustment by agreement:

   The arrangement with the rebels lasted only two weeks.

4. Usually arrangements. preparatory measures; plans; preparations:

   They made arrangements for an early departure.

5. something arranged in a particular way:

   a floral arrangement; the arrangement of chairs for the seminar.

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

arrangement

/ əˈreɪndʒmənt /

noun

1. the act of arranging or being arranged
2. the form in which things are arranged

   he altered the arrangement of furniture in the room

3. a thing composed of various ordered parts; the result of arranging

   a flower arrangement

4. often plural a preparatory measure taken or plan made; preparation
5. an agreement or settlement; understanding
6. 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
7. an adaptation (of a play, etc) for broadcasting

Other Words From

• rear·rangement noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of arrangement¹

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

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. final arrangements, the planning or scheduling of funeral services and burial:

   Final arrangements are still pending.

Example Sentences

They could thereby assemble the chlorophyll molecules into two different forms, namely columnar stacks and discrete aggregates, mimicking the circular and tubular arrangements seen in photosynthetic bacteria.

From Science Daily

Campaigners warned it may come too late to help current leaseholders trapped in exploitative arrangements.

From BBC

"We improve the arrangement of the amino acids in several iterations until the new protein is very close to the desired structure," says Christopher Frank.

From Science Daily

That Google be stopped from paying companies like Apple to be the default search engine on their devices, an arrangement that netted the iPhone maker as much as $1 billion a month by 2021.

From New York Times

How that arrangement would work under the new structure is one of the issues the new company will face.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• adjustment
• agreement
• compromise
• deal
• package
• plan
• preparation
• provision
• schedule
• settlement