Added 8 October 2026
arrange
/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ verb
In Latin: ōrdinō Wiktionary
verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about arrange at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Put into a proper or systematic order.
arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order
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Make arrangements for.
Can you arrange a meeting with the President?
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Plan, organize, and carry out (an event).
the neighboring tribe staged an invasion
Origin
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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