arrange
/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
arrange verb: to set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
Verb
arrange (third-person singular simple present arranges, present participle arranging, simple past and past participle arranged)
- To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
- & whan the frensshe men sawe thus the hors come, whyche was longyng to rychard, they were al affrayed and moeued, and came & opened the gate, and anone he entred in; and after that the yate was shette, they arenged them aboute the sayd hors, for compassyon of sorowe, wepyng pyetously.1485, William Caxton, transl., edited by Sidney J. H. Herrtage, Lyf of the Noble and Crysten Prynce, Charles the Grete (in Middle English), London: Oxford UP, published 1880–81, book ij, part iij...
- The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century,[…].1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- range
- To plan; to prepare in advance.
- to arrange to meet; to arrange for supper
- It had been arranged as part of the day's programme that Mr. Cooke was to drive those who wished to go over the Rise in his new brake.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.
Noun
arrange (plural arranges)
- rearranged rendition of a song; arrangement
arrange meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
arrange in Hindi
- to set up, organise; to put in order
- व्यवस्था करना vyavasthā karnā
arrange in Tamil
- ஏற்பாடு செய், அடுக்கு, சீராக அமை, சரிப்படுத்து, ஒழுங்குபண்ணு, வரிசைப்படுத்து
arrange in Marathi
- to arrange
- जुळणे juḷṇe, जुळवणे juḷavṇe
arrange in Urdu
- to arrange
- چننا cunnā
More languagesFewer languages
- arrange in Bengali
- ব্যবস্থা করা, সাজান, স্থির করা, বিলিব্যবস্থা করা
- arrange in Telugu
- కుదురుచు kudurucu
- arrange in Malayalam
- അടുക്കുക aṭukkuka
- arrange in Kannada
- ಏರ್ಪಡು, ಸಾವಗಿಸು, ಹೂಡು, ಕುರುಂಬುಗೊಳಿಸು
- arrange in Gujarati
- ગોઠવવું goṭhavvũ
- arrange in Assamese
- সজোৱা xozüa
- arrange in Nepali
- सजाउनु sajāunu
- arrange in Arabic
- رَتَّبَ rattaba
- arrange in Malay
- atur, susun
- arrange in Persian
- چیدن čidan
- arrange in Vietnamese
- sắp xếp, tổ chức
Examples of arrange in a sentence
- All contestants must register for the footrace: we've arranged numbers for them all.
- The spy made the drop, leaving the plans under the tree as arranged.
- I carefully arranged the dishes on the tray and brought it upstairs.
Synonyms of arrange
Forms of arrange
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | arranges |
| present participle | arranging |
| past participle | arranged |
| past | arranged |
| Noun | |
| plural | arranges |
Origin of 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”).
Words formed from arrange
Words that rhyme with arrange
- range
- exchange
- change
- strange
- interchange
- derange
- grange
- estrange
- shortchange
- chunk of change
- cryptoexchange
- mange
2 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about arrange
- What does arrange mean?
- Arrange means to set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
- What is arrange in Hindi?
- Arrange in Hindi is व्यवस्था करना (vyavasthā karnā). See Arrange meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is arrange?
- Arrange can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce arrange?
- Arrange is pronounced /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/.
- What is the past tense of arrange?
- The past tense of arrange is arranged.
Words near arrange in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: arrange (page history and authors); arrange (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); जुळणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); چننا (Urdu) (page history and authors); arrange (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కుదురుచు (Telugu) (page history and authors); അടുക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); arrange (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ગોઠવવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); সজোৱা (Assamese) (page history and authors); सजाउनु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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