ARRANGING

arrangement, arranging, transcription

(noun) the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

arranging

present participle of arrange

Noun

arranging (countable and uncountable, plural arrangings)

Arrangement.

Source: Wiktionary


ARRANGE

Ar*range", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arranged; p. pr. & vb. n. Arranging.] Etym: [OE. arayngen, OF. arengier, F. arranger, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. rengier, rangier, F. ranger. See Range, v. t.]

1. To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle. So [they] came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets. Berners. [They] were beginning to arrange their hampers. Boswell. A mechanism previously arranged. Paley.

2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.

Syn.

– Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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