Arrange
verb
To put something in a particular order or position.
Please arrange the chairs in a circle.
Often appears as...
- arrange flowers
- arrange furniture
verb
To plan or prepare something.
I will arrange a meeting with the director.
Often appears as...
- arrange a meeting
- arrange an event
verb
To adapt a music composition for a different style or set of instruments.
He arranged the trumpet piece for piano.
Often appears as...
- arrange a song
- arrange a symphony
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make the necessary arrangements for something.
I will arrange your transportation to the hotel.
Often appears as...
- arrange transportation
- arrange pickup
verb
To put something in a particular order or position.
Please arrange the chairs in a circle.
Often appears as...
- arrange flowers
- arrange furniture
verb
To plan or prepare something.
I will arrange a meeting with the director.
Often appears as...
- arrange a meeting
- arrange an event
verb
To adapt a music composition for a different style or set of instruments.
He arranged the trumpet piece for piano.
Often appears as...
- arrange a song
- arrange a symphony
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make the necessary arrangements for something.
I will arrange your transportation to the hotel.
Often appears as...
- arrange transportation
- arrange pickup
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Spatial Setup
Used when discussing the physical organization of objects or places.
Can you arrange the paintings on the wall symmetrically?
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Appeal
Often involves making something look more attractive or systematic.
She arranged the flowers to enhance the room's beauty.
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
if I was a museum curator, I would make a room for love, a room for generosity. All works of art are talking to us about things. And if we were able to arrange spaces where we could come across works where we would be told, use these works of art to cement these ideas in your mind, we would get a lot more out of art.
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Exploring Pluto's...
Pluto because we'd never seen it before. I mean, lots of people move their personal life around their work and mine is no different, but it is different in the sense that, you know, the spacecraft goes past Pluto once in your lifetime. And so we arranged our wedding ahead of that.
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Computing with fluids PIPE...
I turn and arrange the chairs around to turn an infinite loop and you'll actually be stuck in this loop forever every time a clock thing sting you move to the next chair this is a memory loop this is a fundamental unit of memory where you can essentially store bits of
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Julian Baggini: Is there...
are hydrogen and oxygen atoms, and that's what water is. Of course we don't. We understand, very easily, very straightforwardly, that water is nothing more than the hydrogen and oxygen molecules suitably arranged. Everything else in the universe is the same.
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Why don't oil and water...
plays an important role in explaining why certain things mix well into water and others don't. Entropy basically describes the way things and energy can be arranged based on random motion. For example, think of the air in a room.
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A brief history of...
With just these ten symbols, we can write any rational number imaginable. But why these particular symbols? Why ten of them? And why do we arrange them the way we do? Numbers have been a fact of life throughout recorded history.
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A Reckoning in Tulsa PIPE...
closely arranged coffins so then in october we hit this mass grave and scott ellsworth had recorded a narrative where someone said my relative was made at gunpoint to deliver six coffins to a low spot in oakland
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Are Crows the Ultimate...
But this is the first time he's seen them arranged like this. Eight separate stages that must be completed in a particular order if the puzzle is to be solved. If the bird succeeds, it'll be a world first.
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Why are human bodies...
others, only counterclockwise, and even though the human body looks pretty symmetrical on the outside, it's a different story on the inside. Most of your vital organs are arranged asymmetrically.
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Ten breathtaking moments...
but it's important not to lose concentration they arranged themselves
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
if I was a museum curator, I would make a room for love, a room for generosity. All works of art are talking to us about things. And if we were able to arrange spaces where we could come across works where we would be told, use these works of art to cement these ideas in your mind, we would get a lot more out of art.
Video examples
Exploring Pluto's...
Pluto because we'd never seen it before. I mean, lots of people move their personal life around their work and mine is no different, but it is different in the sense that, you know, the spacecraft goes past Pluto once in your lifetime. And so we arranged our wedding ahead of that.
Video examples
Computing with fluids PIPE...
I turn and arrange the chairs around to turn an infinite loop and you'll actually be stuck in this loop forever every time a clock thing sting you move to the next chair this is a memory loop this is a fundamental unit of memory where you can essentially store bits of
Video examples
Julian Baggini: Is there...
are hydrogen and oxygen atoms, and that's what water is. Of course we don't. We understand, very easily, very straightforwardly, that water is nothing more than the hydrogen and oxygen molecules suitably arranged. Everything else in the universe is the same.
Video examples
Why don't oil and water...
plays an important role in explaining why certain things mix well into water and others don't. Entropy basically describes the way things and energy can be arranged based on random motion. For example, think of the air in a room.
Video examples
A brief history of...
With just these ten symbols, we can write any rational number imaginable. But why these particular symbols? Why ten of them? And why do we arrange them the way we do? Numbers have been a fact of life throughout recorded history.
Video examples
A Reckoning in Tulsa PIPE...
closely arranged coffins so then in october we hit this mass grave and scott ellsworth had recorded a narrative where someone said my relative was made at gunpoint to deliver six coffins to a low spot in oakland
Video examples
Are Crows the Ultimate...
But this is the first time he's seen them arranged like this. Eight separate stages that must be completed in a particular order if the puzzle is to be solved. If the bird succeeds, it'll be a world first.
Video examples
Why are human bodies...
others, only counterclockwise, and even though the human body looks pretty symmetrical on the outside, it's a different story on the inside. Most of your vital organs are arranged asymmetrically.
Video examples
Ten breathtaking moments...
but it's important not to lose concentration they arranged themselves
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Jose Saramago
Portuguese Writer
For me, writing is a job. I do not separate the work from the act of writing like two things that have nothing to do with each other. I arrange words one after another, or one in front of another, to tell a story, to say something that I consider important or useful, or at least important or useful to me.
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Emily Hampshire
Canadian Actress
I have a file - my character box - anything from magazines - a pose, a face - I go through these files and arrange a whole person out of them. Because I think what you wear, it says something. It's not necessarily you, but what you want to project.
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Kathryn Minshew
American Businesswoman
If you're able to arrange a trial period with a new hire, do it. It will give both of you a chance to make sure the position is a good fit - and can help you avoid being in the awkward situation of wanting to fire someone three or four weeks in.
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Sofia Helin
Swedish Actress
I arrange it by working four days away from home, and three days at home with the family, so I work four long days rather than five shorter. But it's hard because everything is on hold. We have to restore the family life during the weekends.
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Kevin Olusola
American Musician
To be able to wake up and know I get to do music every single day - arrange music, compose music, write music and to be with my four best friends in the world, and just to go and do performances and to tour, it's honestly a dream come true.
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Erik Hassle
Swedish Musician
Musicians were always coming and going in our house. My parents didn't play much, but they were forever arranging these parties for artists. As a result, they didn't have to play that many records.
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Nicholas Winton
British Activist
I respond very easily to outside events. One's life is a matter of chance. Nothing that you've arranged for yourself works out.
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Peter Higgs
British Physicist
Edinburgh is my adopted home. It's a place where I wanted to come and live, and I managed to arrange my life so it happened.
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Rachel Kushner
American Writer
I have to arrange my life very carefully. I need eight hours' sleep to work.
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Simon Conway Morris
British Scientist
Most of the tree of life is effectively arranged.
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Jose Saramago
Portuguese Writer
For me, writing is a job. I do not separate the work from the act of writing like two things that have nothing to do with each other. I arrange words one after another, or one in front of another, to tell a story, to say something that I consider important or useful, or at least important or useful to me.
Quote examples
Emily Hampshire
Canadian Actress
I have a file - my character box - anything from magazines - a pose, a face - I go through these files and arrange a whole person out of them. Because I think what you wear, it says something. It's not necessarily you, but what you want to project.
Quote examples
Kathryn Minshew
American Businesswoman
If you're able to arrange a trial period with a new hire, do it. It will give both of you a chance to make sure the position is a good fit - and can help you avoid being in the awkward situation of wanting to fire someone three or four weeks in.
Quote examples
Sofia Helin
Swedish Actress
I arrange it by working four days away from home, and three days at home with the family, so I work four long days rather than five shorter. But it's hard because everything is on hold. We have to restore the family life during the weekends.
Quote examples
Kevin Olusola
American Musician
To be able to wake up and know I get to do music every single day - arrange music, compose music, write music and to be with my four best friends in the world, and just to go and do performances and to tour, it's honestly a dream come true.
Quote examples
Erik Hassle
Swedish Musician
Musicians were always coming and going in our house. My parents didn't play much, but they were forever arranging these parties for artists. As a result, they didn't have to play that many records.
Quote examples
Nicholas Winton
British Activist
I respond very easily to outside events. One's life is a matter of chance. Nothing that you've arranged for yourself works out.
Quote examples
Peter Higgs
British Physicist
Edinburgh is my adopted home. It's a place where I wanted to come and live, and I managed to arrange my life so it happened.
Quote examples
Rachel Kushner
American Writer
I have to arrange my life very carefully. I need eight hours' sleep to work.
Quote examples
Simon Conway Morris
British Scientist
Most of the tree of life is effectively arranged.
Example 1 of 10
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