arrangement English · revision 6608

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing, derivation|attested=1690}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|arrangement]], from [[m|frm|arengement]], from [[m|frm|arengier|t=to arrange]] (see [[arrange]]),^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) or formed in English from arrange and [[-ment]].^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The action of putting in order: 1690 in MWU, the late 17th century in SOED, 1727–51 in the OED and 1740 in Etymonline.^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ An orderly disposition is from before 1743, and the style in which things are arranged from 1785–91.^(OED 1989) A structure or combination of things arranged in a particular way, such as flowers, is from 1800.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Preparations for a purpose, ''to make arrangements'', are from 1786.^(OED 1989) In music, the adaptation of a piece for voices or instruments it was not written for is from 1813 in Etymonline, 1849 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) A settlement or agreement between parties is from 1855,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and an affair of gallantry, a euphemism, from 1751.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1690 – the action of arranging.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1751 – a love affair (euphemism).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1786 – preparations.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1800 – a thing arranged.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1813 – a musical arrangement.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1855 – a settlement.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of arranging, or the way in which things are arranged.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A group of things arranged attractively: ''a flower arrangement''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''arrangements'': plans or [[preparation|alt=preparations]] for an event.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # An agreement or understanding between parties.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(music)'' An adaptation of a piece for other voices or instruments.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[rearrangement]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[arrange]]

+ * [[range]]

+ * [[rank]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}