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arranging

/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/

arranging is the present participle and gerund of arrange.

Meaning of arrange

Verb

arrange (third-person singular simple present arranges, present participle arranging, simple past and past participle arranged)

  1. (transitive) 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...
    Synonyms:
    range
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To plan; to prepare in advance.
    • to arrange to meet; to arrange for supper
  3. (intransitive, transitive) To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.

See all 4 meanings of arrange

Noun

arranging (countable and uncountable, plural arrangings)

  1. Arrangement.
    • Strict orders had been given by Mrs. Breen the night before that certain dustings and arrangings of furniture should take place, the spacious stairs swept, and the hectic hired palms in their great china pots watered.1908, Francis Hopkinson Smith, Peter: A Novel of Which He Is Not the Hero

Forms of arranging

pluralarrangings

Phrases with arranging

Questions about arranging

What does arranging mean?
Arranging means arrangement.
What is arranging the present participle and gerund of?
Arranging is the present participle and gerund of arrange.
What part of speech is arranging?
Arranging is a noun.
How do you pronounce arranging?
Arranging is pronounced /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/.
What is the plural of arranging?
The plural of arranging is arrangings.

Words near arranging in the dictionary

  1. arranges
  2. arranges someone's funeral
  3. arrangest
  4. arrangeth
  5. arrangin'
  6. arranging
  7. arranging someone's funeral
  8. arrangings
  9. arrangment
  10. arrangments
  11. arrans

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