# arrange

Pronunciation: say "uh-RAYNJ" /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/

## Verb

1. To organize things or set them into an orderly sequence or layout.
   - Simple: To put things in order or into a neat sequence.
   - _Volunteers arrange the donated goods by category before the sale._
   - _She arranged the photographs into a timeline of her childhood._
2. To plan something or prepare for it in advance.
   - Simple: To plan something or get it ready ahead of time.
   - _The committee arranged the conference months in advance._
   - _Travelers should arrange for travel insurance before departing._
3. To prepare and adapt an existing musical composition for performance in a form other than its original.
   - Simple: To change a piece of music so it can be played by different instruments or voices.
   - _She began to arrange for the local jazz band last year._
   - _He arranged the ballad for two guitars and a cello._

## Noun

4. A rendition of a song that has been rearranged from its original form; an arrangement. *(Japan)*
   - Simple: A new version of a song, with the music changed from the way it first was.
   - _Every track on the Kyoto group's new disc is an arrange of a song from the original game._
   - _He spent a month on the arrange, trading the synth lead for shamisen before the Comiket release._

## Origin

It comes through Middle English arengen ('to draw up a battle line') from Old French arengier ('to put in a line'), based on reng ('line, row, rank'). That root traces back through Frankish *hring ('ring') and Proto-Germanic *hringaz to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to turn, bend'.

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