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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: arrangement

1	n	an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
2	n	the thing arranged or agreed to
3	n	a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: arrangement

n an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging

“a flower arrangement”

Types:: show 40 types...; hide 40 types...; floral arrangement, flower arrangement
a decorative arrangement of flowers; contrivance, lash-up
any improvised arrangement for temporary use; scaffold
a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers; array
an orderly arrangement; categorisation, categorization, classification
a group of people or things arranged by class or category; aestivation, estivation
(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens; tableau, tableau vivant
a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting); venation
(botany) the arrangement of veins in a leaf; vernation
(botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens; formation
an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; order, ordering, ordination
logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; bacteria order
an order of bacteria; bouquet, corsage, nosegay, posy
an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present; flower chain
flowers strung together in a chain; spray
flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage; patch, temporary hookup
a connection intended to be used for a limited time; chaplet, coronal, garland, lei, wreath
flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes; word order
the order of words in a text; dichotomy, duality
being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses; trichotomy
being threefold; a classification into three parts or subclasses; flight
a formation of aircraft in flight; table, tabular array
a set of data arranged in rows and columns; matrix
(mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns; treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules; military formation
a formation of troops; backfield
the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen; secondary
the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen; line
a formation of people or things one behind another; line
a formation of people or things one beside another; row
a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side; column
a vertical array of numbers or other information; genetic code
the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells; genome
the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism; series
similar things placed in order or happening one after another; panoply
a complete and impressive array; bank
an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; center
the middle of a military or naval formation; flank, wing
the side of military or naval formation; head
the front of a military formation or procession; rear
the back of a military formation or procession; spectrum
an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave

Type of:: group, grouping
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

n the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

“the arrangement of the furniture”

Synonyms:: placement

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a particular spatial arrangement; columniation
(architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structure; composing, composition
the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; fenestration
the arrangement of windows in a building; balance, proportion, proportionality
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); alignment
the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines; misalignment
the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned; ramification
an arrangement of branching parts; spacing, spatial arrangement
the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them; tandem
an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another; raster
the rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor; rig, rigging
formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel; split
(tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl; true
proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; openness
without obstructions to passage or view; distance
the property created by the space between two objects or points; dispersion, distribution
the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume; compactness, concentration, denseness, density, tightness
the spatial property of being crowded together

Type of:: position, spatial relation
the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated

n an organized structure for arranging or classifying

“he changed the arrangement of the topics”

Synonyms:: organisation, organization, system

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a system for classifying things; contrivance
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; coordinate system, frame of reference, reference frame, reference system
a system that uses coordinates to establish position; data structure
(computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer); design, plan
an arrangement scheme; distribution, statistical distribution
(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence; genetic map
graphical representation of the arrangement of genes on a chromosome; 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; lattice
an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions; living arrangement
an arrangement to allow people (or ideas) to coexist; 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; calendar
a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year; Dewey decimal classification, Dewey decimal system, decimal system of classification
a system used by libraries to classify nonfictional publications into subject categories; the subject is indicated by a three-digit numeral and further specification is given by numerals following a decimal point; publications are shelved by number; Cartesian coordinate system
a coordinate system for which the coordinates of a point are its distances from a set perpendicular lines that intersect at the origin of the system; equidistribution
a flat distribution having equal frequencies of occurrence; configuration, constellation
an arrangement of parts or elements; Bravais lattice, crystal lattice, space lattice
a 3-dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystal; hierarchical data structure, hierarchical structure
a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure; hierarchical classification system
a classification system where entries are arranged based on some hierarchical structure; file system, filing system
a system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically); grouping, pigeonholing
a system for classifying things into groups; rating system, scoring system
a system of classifying according to quality or merit or amount; ABO blood group system, ABO group, ABO system
a classification system for the antigens of human blood; used in blood transfusion therapy; four groups are A and B and AB and O; layout
a plan or design of something that is laid out; snare, trap
something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; inertial frame, inertial reference frame
a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid; space-time, space-time continuum
the four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located; frequency distribution
a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable; Gaussian distribution, normal distribution
a theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance; Poisson distribution
a theoretical distribution that is a good approximation to the binomial distribution when the probability is small and the number of trials is large; sample, sample distribution, sampling
items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population; Bernoulli distribution, binomial distribution
a theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success; hotel plan, meal plan
a plan and a room rate for providing a room and meals to guests at a hotel; lunar calendar
a calendar based on lunar cycles; lunisolar calendar
a calendar based on both lunar and solar cycles; solar calendar
a calendar based on solar cycles

Type of:: structure
the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations

n the thing arranged or agreed to

“they made arrangements to meet in Chicago”

Synonyms:: agreement

Types:: collusion
secret agreement; prearrangement
something arranged in advance; reservation
something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.)

Type of:: planning, preparation, provision
the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening

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

Synonyms:: musical arrangement

Types:: 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

Type of:: composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music
a musical work that has been created

n the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

Synonyms:: arranging, transcription

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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; juggle, juggling
the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression; musical chairs
a rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance; reordering
a rearrangement in a different order; transposition
(electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance

Type of:: composing, composition
musical creation

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