orchestrate
/ˈɔː(ɹ).kə.stɹeɪt/US/ˈɔɹ.kəˌstɹeɪt/
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orchestrate verb: to arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra.
Verb
orchestrate (third-person singular simple present orchestrates, present participle orchestrating, simple past and past participle orchestrated)
- To arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra.
- To compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance.
- Sergio Leone orchestrated "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly".
- To arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect
- Orchestrated histories are not fact-based.
- Here is chromophonic montage at its most skillful, as Minnelli orchestrates camera movement, music, and lighting in a crescendo of sound and color which red comes to dominate in the climactic moment of violent explosion.1980, Film/psychology Review, volume 4, page 80
orchestrate meaning in Bengali and Malayalam
orchestrate in Bengali
- সুকৌশলে পরিচালনা করা
orchestrate in Malayalam
- arrange, adapt, score
- സംഗീതം ആവിഷ്കരിക്കുക, സ്വരവിന്യാസം ചെയ്യുക, ഗാനരീതിയിലാക്കുക, സ്വരങ്ങളുമായി പൊരുത്തപ്പെടുത്തുക, അനുരൂപമാക്കുക, ചിട്ടപ്പെടുത്തുക
- arrange, organize, plan
- സംഘടിപ്പിക്കുക, വേണ്ടസജ്ജീകരണം ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ചെയ്യുക, ഏർപ്പാടുചെയ്യുക, ക്രമപ്പെടുത്തുക, ചട്ടം കെട്ടുക, ഒരുക്കുക
Examples of orchestrate in a sentence
- State ceremonies aimed to induce a sense of respectful awe and emotional surrender in participants by an increasingly orchestrated and theatrical ceremonialism.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 529:
- He might orchestrate the curved lines into stepped, hivelike hills […].2007 January 26, Roberta Smith, “Outside In”, in The New York Times:
Forms of orchestrate
| third-person singular present | orchestrates |
|---|---|
| present participle | orchestrating |
| past participle | orchestrated |
| past | orchestrated |
Origin of orchestrate
From orchestra + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French orchestrer.
Words formed from orchestrate
Questions about orchestrate
- What does orchestrate mean?
- Orchestrate means to arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra.
- What is orchestrate in Bengali?
- Orchestrate in Bengali is সুকৌশলে পরিচালনা করা. See Orchestrate meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use orchestrate in a sentence?
- State ceremonies aimed to induce a sense of respectful awe and emotional surrender in participants by an increasingly orchestrated and theatrical ceremonialism.
- What part of speech is orchestrate?
- Orchestrate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce orchestrate?
- Orchestrate is pronounced /ˈɔː(ɹ).kə.stɹeɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of orchestrate?
- The past tense of orchestrate is orchestrated.
Words near orchestrate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: orchestrate (page history and authors); Orchestrate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); orchestrate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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