arranging

transitive verb arranged, arranging

1. to put in the correct, proper, or suitable order
2. to sort systematically; classify
3. to make ready; prepare or plan: to arrange a program of entertainment
4. to arrive at an agreement about; settle
5. 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

1. to come to an agreement (with a person, about a thing)
2. to make plans; prepare: arrange to be here later
3. Music to write arrangements, esp. as a profession