(~s)
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 ~s for the summit...
She telephoned Ellen, but made no ~s to see her.
...all the travel ~s.
N-COUNT: usu pl, oft N for n, N to-inf
2.
An ~ is an agreement that you make with someone to do something.
The caves can be visited only by prior ~...
Her class teacher made a special ~ to discuss her progress at school once a month.
N-COUNT: also by N
3.
An ~ 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 ~s.
N-COUNT: with supp
4.
If someone makes an ~ of a piece of music, they change it so that it is suitable for particular voices or instruments, or for a particular performance.
...an ~ of a well-known piece by Mozart...
N-COUNT: usu with supp