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[ verb ] make arrangements for
Synonyms Examples "Arrange a party for the newly-weds" Used in print (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)The farmer 's life must be arranged to meet the demands of crops and livestock . (Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)Mexico , Panama , and Venezuela are displaying open sympathy for Castroism , and there is no country - save the Dominican_Republic whose funeral services we recently arranged - where Castroism and anti Americanism does not prevent the government from unqualifiedly espousing the American cause . (James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)In a later chapter dealing with the suburban school , I shall discuss the importance of arranging a program for the academically talented and highly gifted youth in any high_school where he is found . (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)Presumably a cocktail_party is expected to fulfill the host 's desire to get_together a number of people who are inadequately acquainted and thereby arrange for bringing the level of acquaintance up to adequacy for future cooperative endeavors . (Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)If Mahzeer was alone with the prime_minister he could be arranging his execution while Hoag stood out here shivering in the darkening street . |
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[ verb ] put into a proper or systematic order
Synonyms Examples "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)It is not difficult to see that the stamens of the catkin are always arranged in pairs , and that each individual flower is nothing but one such pair standing on a green , black tipped little scale . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)He was tired , he had his business worries , and the sight of his wife arranging pork_chops in the broiler only seemed like an extension of a boring day . There was a glass pane in the front_door , and through this he could see into a hallway where a plump woman with red hair was arranging flowers . (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)A bustle of sheets being smoothed and pillows being arranged indicated the fille_de_chambre 's presence inside ; they listened and suddenly a step towards the door announced another important fact . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)Everything was orderly and it seemed to be arranged for the workman 's comfort , convenience and efficiency . |
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[ verb ] make arrangements for
Synonyms Examples "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?" Used in print (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)It was arranged that he would board in the home of one of the old members of the church , a woman named Catt who , as Wilson afterward found , was briefly referred to as The_Cat because of her sharp_tongue and fierce initiative . When a city has arranged things like this you cannot easily change them . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)Mrs._Andrus was talking to the maid , arranging for her to come in every_day , instead of the four days she now worked . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)Fletcher nodded as he listened to the instructions and said he would arrange the things Rector requested . |
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[ verb ] plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
Synonyms Used in print (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)You may stay as long as you wish , of_course , but if arranging for the care of the girls must take time into_account , I think a day or two should be enough to finish our business in '' . |
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[ verb ] set into a specific format; of printed matter
Synonyms Examples "Format this letter so it can be printed out" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)The program had been arranged to permit the establishment of a mood of intense concentration on the music . However well_chosen and cleverly arranged , such memorabilia unfortunately amounted to more of an interruption than an auxiliary to the evening 's main business , which ( considering the talent at_hand ) should probably have been the gathering of fresh samples of the Chicago style . |
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[ verb ] arrange attractively
Examples "dress my hair for the wedding" Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)`` I 've never done this before '' , she said later , when he was arranging himself to leave . |
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[ verb ] (music) adapt for performance in a different way
Synonyms Examples "set this poem to music" Related terms |
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