arrange

The definition of arrange is to put things in a certain order, form or design.

(verb)

To alphabetize files is an example of arrange.

Arrange is defined as to handle the details of an event, or to plan or cause some event to happen.

(verb)

See arrange in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb arranged, arranging

to put in the correct, proper, or suitable order
to sort systematically; classify
to make ready; prepare or plan: to arrange a program of entertainment
to arrive at an agreement about; settle
Music to adapt (a composition) to other instruments or voices than those for which it was written, or to the style of a certain band or orchestra

Origin: ME arengen < OFr arengier < a-, to + rengier, range

intransitive verb

Related Forms:

See arrange in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb ar·ranged, ar·rang·ing, ar·rang·es

verb, transitive

To put into a specific order or relation; dispose: arrange shoes in a neat row.
To plan or prepare for: arrange a picnic.
To bring about an agreement concerning; settle: “It has been arranged for him by his family to marry a girl of his own class” (Edmund Wilson).
Music To reset (a composition) for other instruments or voices or as another style of performance.

verb, intransitive