arrange

Pronunciation: /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/

The English word “arrange” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
To plan; to prepare in advance.
To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.

noun

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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