arrange

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English arengen, arrangen (“to draw up a battle line”), borrowed from Old French arengier, arangier (“to put in a line, put in a row”), derived from reng, rang, ranc (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, a form of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -eɪndʒ === Verb === arrange (third-person singular simple present arranges, present participle arranging, simple past and past participle arranged) (transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement. Synonym: range (transitive, intransitive) To plan; to prepare in advance. (music, transitive, intransitive) To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form. ==== Usage notes ==== This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== arrangement ring ==== Translations ==== === Noun === arrange (plural arranges) (music, Japan) rearranged rendition of a song; arrangement == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ʁɑ̃ʒ/ === Verb === arrange inflection of arranger: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === rangera