English Explanatory Dictionary

arrange

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
  2. To plan; to prepare in advance.
  3. To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.
noun
  1. rearranged rendition of a song; arrangement

Pronunciation

/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ en-us-arrange.ogg

Word forms

arrange arranges arranging arranged

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor. Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengier Old French arangierbor. Middle English arengen English arrange Inherited from Middle English arengen, arrangen (“to draw up a battle line”), borrowed from Old French arengier, arangier (“to put in a line, put in a row”), derived from reng, rang, ranc (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, a form of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).

Synonyms

arrange array classify order organize set up range

Related words

arrangement ring

Derived words

arrangeability arrangeable arrange someone's funeral disarrange misarrange overarrange prearrange rearrange subarrange unarranged
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