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{
"term": "arrange",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "arrange",
"heSheIt": "arranges"
},
"pastSimple": "arranged",
"pastParticiple": "arranged",
"ingForm": "arranging"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to plan or organize something in advance",
"sensetop": "arrange somethingarrange how, where, etc…arrange to do somethingarrange that…arrange for something to do somethingarrange for somethingarrange with somebody (about something)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The party was arranged quickly.",
"contextForm": "arrange something"
},
{
"text": "Can I arrange an appointment for Monday?"
},
{
"text": "The **meeting** was provisionally **arranged** for 9 October."
},
{
"text": "She arranged a loan with the bank."
},
{
"text": "We met at six, **as arranged**."
},
{
"text": "We've still got to arrange how to get to the airport.",
"contextForm": "arrange how, where, etc…"
},
{
"text": "Have you arranged to meet him?",
"contextForm": "arrange to do something"
},
{
"text": "I've arranged that we can borrow their car.",
"contextForm": "arrange that…"
},
{
"text": "We arranged for a car to collect us from the airport.",
"contextForm": "arrange for something to do something"
},
{
"text": "The president arranged for a meeting in his office.",
"contextForm": "arrange for something"
},
{
"text": "I've arranged with the neighbours about feeding the cat while we are away.",
"contextForm": "arrange with somebody (about something)"
},
{
"text": "These matters are easy to arrange."
},
{
"text": "These things can be arranged with difficulty."
},
{
"text": "Todd will be able to arrange matters."
},
{
"text": "A news conference was hastily arranged."
},
{
"text": "Accommodation can be arranged in advance."
},
{
"text": "You can arrange a convenient time with your tutor."
},
{
"text": "She arranged that we could stay at her brother's house."
},
{
"text": "I'd be very grateful if you could arrange for this work to be carried out."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["easily", "hastily", "quickly"],
"verb + arrange": ["try to", "be able to", "can"],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to put something in a particular order; to make something neat or attractive",
"sensetop": "arrange something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The books are arranged alphabetically by author."
},
{
"text": "The photos are arranged in chronological order."
},
{
"text": "I arranged the flowers in a vase."
},
{
"text": "The streets are arranged in a grid pattern."
},
{
"text": "I must arrange my financial affairs and make a will."
},
{
"text": "She arranged the chairs in neat rows."
},
{
"text": "She took the list of visitors' names and arranged them into groups of four."
},
{
"text": "The clothes were arranged according to size."
},
{
"text": "Her red hair was carefully arranged and her face made up."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "neatly", "perfectly"],
"preposition": ["in", "into", "according to"],
"phrases": ["arrange something in… order"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to change a piece of music so that it is suitable for a particular instrument or voice",
"sensetop": "arrange something (for something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He arranged traditional folk songs for the piano."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈreɪndʒ/",
"audio": "ar/arrange/arrange__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈreɪndʒɪz/",
"audio": "ar/arrange/arranges__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈreɪndʒd/",
"audio": "ar/arrange/arranged__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈreɪndʒɪŋ/",
"audio": "ar/arrange/arranging__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈreɪndʒ/",
"audio": "ar/arrange/arrange__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈreɪndʒɪz/",
"audio": "ar/arrange/arranges__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈreɪndʒd/",
"audio": "ar/arrange/arranged__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈreɪndʒɪŋ/",
"audio": "ar/arrange/arranging__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French arangier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + rangier ‘put in order’, from rang ‘rank’."
}