# arrangement

Pronunciation: say "uh-RAYNJ-muhnt" /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/

## Noun

1. A particular way in which things are organized or placed in relation to one another.
   - Simple: The way that things are placed or put in order.
   - _The arrangement of furniture made the small room feel much larger._
   - _She studied the arrangement of stars before tracing the constellation._
2. The manner or state in which something has been put in order.
   - Simple: How something has been set out or put in order.
   - _The arrangement of the troops puzzled the opposing general._
   - _Critics praised the careful arrangement of paintings throughout the gallery._
3. The plans and preparations made in advance for some undertaking or event.
   - Simple: The plans and things you get ready before an event.
   - _Her assistant handled every arrangement for the overseas conference._
   - _Funeral arrangements were finalized within two days of his passing._
4. An agreement or understanding reached between two or more people about what each will do.
   - Simple: A deal or promise between people about what each will do.
   - _The two companies reached an arrangement to share research costs._
   - _By a private arrangement with the landlord, the tenants stayed rent-free that month._
5. The act or process of putting a set of things into a particular order.
   - Simple: The act of putting things into a neat or planned order.
   - _The arrangement of the exhibits took the curator several weeks._
   - _Careful arrangement of the data into tables made the report easier to read._
6. A group or collection of things that have been put together in a deliberate order.
   - Simple: A group of things that have been put together in order.
   - _The florist created an elegant arrangement of roses and lilies._
   - _A neat arrangement of tools hung above the workbench._
7. A musical work reworked to suit instruments other than the original ones or to give it a different style.
   - Simple: A version of a song changed to be played by different instruments or in a new style.
   - _Her jazz arrangement of the old hymn surprised the whole congregation._
   - _The orchestra performed a lively new arrangement of the folk song._

## Origin

From French arrangement, formed from arrange plus the suffix -ment.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/arrangement (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).