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ARRANGEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
Synonyms:
arrangement; arranging; transcription
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("arrangement" is a kind of...):
composing; composition (musical creation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrangement"):
rearrangement (changing an arrangement)
instrumentation; orchestration (the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments)
orchestration (an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The spatial property of the way in which something is placed
Example:
the placement of the chairs
Synonyms:
arrangement; placement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("arrangement" is a kind of...):
position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrangement"):
tandem (an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another)
spacing; spatial arrangement (the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them)
ramification (an arrangement of branching parts)
misalignment (the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned)
alignment (the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines)
balance; proportion; proportionality (harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design))
fenestration (the arrangement of windows in a building)
composing; composition (the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole)
columniation ((architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structure)
formation (a particular spatial arrangement)
Derivation:
arrange (put into a proper or systematic order)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An organized structure for arranging or classifying
Example:
he tried to understand their system of classification
Synonyms:
arrangement; organisation; organization; system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("arrangement" is a kind of...):
structure (the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrangement"):
calendar (a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year)
ontology ((computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations)
living arrangement (an arrangement to allow people (or ideas) to coexist)
lattice (an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions)
kinship system ((anthropology) the system of social relationships that constitute kinship in a particular culture, including the terminology that is used and the reciprocal obligations that are entailed)
genetic map (graphical representation of the arrangement of genes on a chromosome)
distribution; statistical distribution ((statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence)
design; plan (an arrangement scheme)
data structure ((computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer))
coordinate system; frame of reference; reference frame; reference system (a system that uses coordinates to establish position)
contrivance (an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.)
classification system (a system for classifying things)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The thing arranged or agreed to
Example:
they made arrangements to meet in Chicago
Synonyms:
agreement; arrangement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("arrangement" is a kind of...):
planning; preparation; provision (the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrangement"):
collusion (secret agreement)
prearrangement (something arranged in advance)
Derivation:
arrange (make arrangements for)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments
Synonyms:
arrangement; musical arrangement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("arrangement" is a kind of...):
composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrangement"):
orchestration (an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band)
instrumentation (the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra)
Sense 6
Meaning:
An orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
Example:
a flower arrangement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("arrangement" is a kind of...):
group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrangement"):
order; ordering; ordination (logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements)
formation (an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit)
vernation ((botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens)
venation ((botany) the arrangement of veins in a leaf)
tableau; tableau vivant (a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting))
aestivation; estivation ((botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens)
categorisation; categorization; classification (a group of people or things arranged by class or category)
array (an orderly arrangement)
scaffold (a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers)
contrivance; lash-up (any improvised arrangement for temporary use)
floral arrangement; flower arrangement (a decorative arrangement of flowers)
Derivation:
arrange (arrange attractively)
Context examples:
A method of generalization, the systematic arrangement of entities into classes or groups based on mutual similarity and certain differing characteristics.
(Classification, NCI Thesaurus)
The technique lays down the materials in a checkerboard arrangement, as thin squares arranged in a grid.
(Combinatorial Synthesis, NCI Thesaurus)
An arrangement of objects one under another in a line.
(Column, NCI Thesaurus)
Crystallography study reveals that two ~95 amino acid BRCT repeats within the domain adopt similar structures that pack together in a head-to-tail arrangement.
(BRCT Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
It was about a foot square, and on the inner side there was a singular arrangement of lines, which I here reproduce:
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A neoplastic lymphoproliferative process characterized by an angiocentric arrangement of the tumor cells which is associated with angiodestruction.
(Angiocentric Immunoproliferative Lesion, NCI Thesaurus)
B. angulatum is generally found in V-shaped arrangements and is a commensal part of the normal human gastrointestinal tract flora.
(Bifidobacterium angulatum, NCI Thesaurus)
"The variability of the arrangement of the leaf area in the canopy can be important in terms of forest productivity as well as resilience to different types of disturbances and stressors."
(Structural complexity in forests improves carbon capture, National Science Foundation)
Arrangements had been made to accompany the several dozen local Indians on their fall trading trip down the coast.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
They drove away in different directions, and I went off to make my own arrangements.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
