arrange
To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
Verb 3 meanings
To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
To plan; to prepare in advance.
“to arrange to meet; to arrange for supper”
To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.
Noun 1 meaning
rearranged rendition of a song; arrangement
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”).
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ARRANGE at a glance
ARRANGE has 7 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (A 1 + R 1 + R 1 + A 1 + N 1 + G 2 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,984 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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