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ar·range

(ə-rānj′)

v. ar·ranged, ar·rang·ing, ar·rang·es

v.tr.

1. To put into a specific order or relation; dispose: arrange shoes in a neat row.

2. To plan or prepare for: arrange a picnic.

3. To bring about or come to an agreement concerning; settle: Have the bride and groom arranged the date of the wedding?

4. Music To adapt or rework (a composition) for other instruments or voices or as another style of performance.

v.intr.

1. To come to an agreement: arrange with a friend for a ride to work.

2. To cause something to happen or make plans for something to happen: arrange for a big wedding.

[Middle English arengen, from Old French arengier : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + rengier, to put in a line (from reng, rank (of warriors), line, of Germanic origin; see sker- in Indo-European roots).]

ar·rang′er n.

Synonyms: arrange, marshal, order, organize, sort, systematize
These verbs mean to distribute or dispose persons or things properly or methodically: arranged the students alphabetically by last name; marshaled all relevant facts for the presentation; ordered my chaotic life; organized her desk; sorted the sweaters by color; systematized his coin collection by country and date.

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Adj.	1.	arranged - disposed or placed in a particular kind of order; "the carefully arranged chessmen"; "haphazardly arranged interlobular septa"; "comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace" ordered disarranged - having the arrangement disturbed; not in order; "her disarranged hair"
	2.	arranged - planned in advance; "an arranged marriage" organized - formed into a structured or coherent whole
	3.	arranged - deliberately arranged for effect; "one of those artfully staged photographs" staged artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"

Translations

assestato combinata combinato sistemato

arranged

[əˈreɪndʒd] ADJ [marriage] → concertado (por los padres)

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On the contrary, I would let my tongue be cut off out of gratitude if things could be so arranged that I should lose all desire to put it out.

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We said good-bye to one another, and arranged to meet in the autumn.

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"If I am not mistaken, it was arranged that I should write to you at Birmingham as soon as I felt myself composed enough to think of the future.

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Hearing from his foreign correspondents of two women who had made successful first appearances, one at Milan and one at Florence, he had arranged to visit those cities, and to judge of the merits of the dancers for himself, before he joined the bride and bridegroom.

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Soon after that, as I was saying, I arranged to come on to Shopton.

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"That is well arranged. I will take De Wardes to keep me in countenance."

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I arranged to pass the preliminary period of repose, to which I have just referred, in the superb mansion of my late lamented friend, Sir Percival Glyde.

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The servants brought out cushions and rugs and many other things; and when all were arranged master came down the steps carrying the mistress in his arms (I was on the side next to the house, and could see all that went on); he placed her carefully in the carriage, while the house servants stood round crying.

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Intermarriages (arranged by the Priests) between the sons and daughters of these more intellectual members of the lower classes generally result in an offspring approximating still more to the type of the Equal-Sided Triangle.

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Giovanni, therefore, did not fail in any attentions due to his nephew, and he caused him to be honourably received by the Fermians, and he lodged him in his own house, where, having passed some days, and having arranged what was necessary for his wicked designs, Oliverotto gave a solemn banquet to which he invited Giovanni Fogliani and the chiefs of Fermo.

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But the doctor, in carrying out a project known only to himself, resolved to fill his balloon only one-half; and, since he had to carry forty-four thousand eight hundred and forty-seven cubic feet of gas, to give his balloon nearly double capacity he arranged it in that elongated, oval shape which has come to be preferred.

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Anna Pavlovna arranged a group round him, inviting everyone to listen to his tale.