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arranges

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for arranges.

Editorial note

He painstakingly arranges every figure and every word so that the books will be both clear and beautiful.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of arranges gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

verb

(transitive, intransitive) To plan; to prepare in advance.

verb

(music, transitive, intransitive) To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for arranges.

verb

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

verb

(transitive, intransitive) To plan; to prepare in advance.

verb

(music, transitive, intransitive) To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.

Example sentences

1

He painstakingly arranges every figure and every word so that the books will be both clear and beautiful.

2

Maybe you should take a look at the healthy San Francisco program, which basically arranges medical insurance for the indigent.

3

It's something about how it sorts or arranges your mail in non-chronological order that really messes with my way of finding things.

4

Not willing to take risks, I call Apple Care again, which orders a new replacement and arranges a pickup.

5

It takes the groups and arranges them as the columns of a table.

6

The open floor plan eliminates those cubicle walls and re-arranges the desks to face each other (or replacing several desks with larger conference tables).

7

My point is simply that the company probably arranges it such that it doesn't matter in the long run (except to their profit margin).

8

It sounds like he arranges vertexes into sets composed of their closest neighbors and then performance a sort of merge sort to get a circuit.

9

> Maybe you should take a look at the healthy San Francisco program, which basically arranges medical insurance for the indigent.

10

They have no control over how said 3rd party arranges for the cheaper labour to be made available, or at least no control that can be proven beyond doubt.

11

HTTrack arranges the original site's relative link-structure.

12

But they are smart and the project manager arranges for some of them to cook the food while the rest of the village digs.

Quote examples

1

This is a Dymaxion Map (or "Fuller Projection") that dynamically re-arranges and re-orients itself as you drag the map around.

2

>The State Department arranges lots of these "CEO tours" all the time.

3

(The State Department arranges lots of these "CEO tours" all the time.

4

“It’s gone because I treated myself with a mirror.” The patient arranges a mirror to show a healthy limb as if it were the phantom.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use arranges in a sentence?

He painstakingly arranges every figure and every word so that the books will be both clear and beautiful.

What does arranges mean?

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

What part of speech is arranges?

arranges is commonly used as verb.