ARRANGEMENT


Meaning of ARRANGEMENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əreɪndʒmənt ]

( arrangements)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.

The staff is working frantically on final arrangements for the summit...

She telephoned Ellen, but made no arrangements to see her.

...travel arrangements.

N-COUNT : usu pl , oft N for n , N to-inf

2.

An arrangement is an agreement that you make with someone to do something.

The caves can be visited only by prior arrangement...

Her class teacher made a special arrangement to discuss her progress at school once a month.

N-COUNT : also by N

3.

An arrangement of things, for example flowers or furniture, is a group of them displayed in a particular way.

The house was always decorated with imaginative flower arrangements.

N-COUNT : with supp

4.

If someone makes an arrangement of a piece of music, they change it so that it is suitable for particular voices or instruments, or for a particular performance.

...an arrangement of a well-known piece by Mozart...

N-COUNT : usu with supp

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