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noun

arrangement

uh-RAYNJ-muhnt
noun
1
The way something is organized, positioned, or laid out.
"The seating arrangement put the bride's family on one side and the groom's on the other."
2
An agreement or plan made between people.
"We came to an arrangement about splitting the rent."
3
A version of a piece of music adapted for particular instruments or a different style.
"The choir performed a jazz arrangement of the old hymn."

How to Use Arrangement

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In plain EnglishHow something is organized or set up, an agreement, or a musical adaptation.

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seating arrangement come to an arrangement musical arrangement

Word Forms

arrangements plural

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Etymology

From French arrangement, itself from arranger ("to arrange").

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