English Explanatory Dictionary

arrangement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of arranging.
  2. The manner of being arranged.
  3. A collection of things that have been arranged.
  4. A particular way in which items are organized.
  5. Preparations for some undertaking.
  6. An agreement.
  7. An adaptation of a piece of music for other instruments, or in another style.

Pronunciation

/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/ en-us-arrangement.ogg

Word forms

arrangement arrangements

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 arangier French arranger Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment French -ment French arrangementbor. English arrangement From French arrangement. Morphologically arrange + -ment.

Synonyms

constitution configuration

Related words

arrange

Derived words

disarrangement flower arrangement individual voluntary arrangement malarrangement microarrangement misarrangement overarrangement phyllotactic arrangement prearrangement rearrangement re-arrangement subarrangement wheel arrangement
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