arrangement

B1 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #5072

Meanings

1

noun
A plan or agreement made so that something can happen.

They made arrangements to meet in Chicago.
2

noun
The way in which things are placed or organized.

I like the new arrangement of the furniture.
3

noun
A group of things placed together in an attractive way.

A lovely arrangement of flowers stood on the table.
4

noun
A version of a piece of music adapted for particular instruments or voices.

They played a jazz arrangement of a classical piece.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a plan or agreement made so... agreement

2 noun · the way in which things are... placement configuration

4 noun · a version of a piece of... musical arrangement

More composition constitution

Word family

Forms arrangements

Derived forms disarrangementmalarrangementmicroarrangementmisarrangementoverarrangementprearrangementre-arrangementrearrangementsubarrangement

Related forms arrange

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor. Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengier Old French arangier French arranger Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment French -ment French arrangementbor. English arrangement From French arrangement. Morphologically arrange + -ment.

arrangement French

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# arrangement

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/
**Frequency rank:** 5072

## Meanings
1. A plan or agreement made so that something can happen.
2. The way in which things are placed or organized.
3. A group of things placed together in an attractive way.
4. A version of a piece of music adapted for particular instruments or voices.

## Examples
- They made arrangements to meet in Chicago.
- I like the new arrangement of the furniture.
- A lovely arrangement of flowers stood on the table.
- They played a jazz arrangement of a classical piece.

## Synonyms
- composition
- constitution

## Derived Forms
- disarrangement
- malarrangement
- microarrangement
- misarrangement
- overarrangement
- prearrangement
- re-arrangement
- rearrangement
- subarrangement

## Related Forms
- arrange

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: arrangement

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor. Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengier Old French arangier French arranger Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment French -ment French arrangementbor. English arrangement From French arrangement. Morphologically arrange + -ment.

## AI Etymology
Arrangement is from French arrangement. Morphologically arrange plus -ment. The suffix -ment makes a noun of action, result, or state from the base, matching uses in which the word names an act, process, outcome, or condition. In use as a noun, arrangement denotes a plan or agreement made so that something can happen, the way in which things are placed or organized, and a group of things placed together in an attractive way. The same word family continues in derived forms such as disarrangement, malarrangement, microarrangement, and misarrangement and related entries such as arrange.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas

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