arrangement (n.)

  1. the thing arranged or agreed to; they made arrangements to meet in Chicago

    [ Syn: agreement ]

  2. an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; a flower arrangement'

  3. an organized structure for arranging or classifying; he changed the arrangement of the topics; the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original; he tried to understand their system of classification

    [ Syn: organization , organisation , system ]

  4. the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; the arrangement of the furniture; the placement of the chairs

    [ Syn: placement ]

  5. a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments

    [ Syn: musical arrangement ]

  6. the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

    [ Syn: arranging , transcription ]

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