Arrange

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/

Definitions

1. To put things in a proper or desired order or position; to plan or organize an event or activity; to make preparations or agreements for something to happen
2. To set up or order objects systematically; to coordinate or schedule meetings or occasions; to prepare or fix details in advance for a particular purpose
3. To organize or sort items into a sequence or pattern; to negotiate or set plans for future actions; to ready or adjust conditions to ensure something occurs as intended

Etymology: The verb "arrange" began as a military term. Medieval French soldiers used "arengier" to mean putting troops into a battle line, and English borrowed the idea in the form "arengen," meaning to draw up a battle line. The French word came from "reng," meaning a line or row, and that word traces back to a Frankish word for "ring." So a formation of soldiers standing in rings or rows is the ancestor of the modern sense. Over time the meaning moved from ranks of soldiers to any objects set in a sequence. The sense of tidying things into order, and later of planning an event or making a musical adaptation, grew out of that basic idea of putting things in their proper line.

Synonyms: organize, sort, order, structure, set up

Antonyms: disorganize, scatter, disorder, jumble, mess up