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{ "term": "arrangement", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a plan or preparation that you make so that something can happen", "sensetop": "arrangement for something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Travel and accommodation arrangements have been finalized." }, { "text": "I'll **make arrangements** for you to be met at the airport.", "contextForm": "arrangement for something" }, { "text": "All her careful arrangements had been upset!" }, { "text": "Arrangements for the funeral are complete." }, { "text": "It may be necessary to make alternative arrangements." }, { "text": "We are just discussing the final arrangements for the concert." }, { "text": "I'll leave the practical arrangements to you." }, { "text": "My parents were busy making last-minute arrangements for the wedding." }, { "text": "We'll let you know when we have completed the arrangements for delivery." }, { "text": "The catering arrangements for the conference fell through at the last minute." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["alternative", "better", "different"], "verb + arrangement": ["make", "complete", "confirm"], "arrangement + verb": ["stand", "fall through"], "preposition": ["arrangement for", "arrangement with"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the way things are done or organized", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She's happy with her unusual living arrangements." }, { "text": "new security arrangements" }, { "text": "There are special arrangements for people working overseas." }, { "text": "Their domestic arrangements were considered unconventional at the time." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["alternative", "better", "different"], "verb + arrangement": ["make", "complete", "confirm"], "arrangement + verb": ["stand", "fall through"], "preposition": ["arrangement for", "arrangement with"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "an agreement that you make with somebody that you can both accept", "sensetop": "arrangement between A and Barrangement with somebodyarrangement with somebody to do somethingarrangement that…", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "We can **come to an arrangement** over the price." }, { "text": "an arrangement between the school and the parents", "contextForm": "arrangement between A and B" }, { "text": "Guided tours are available **by prior arrangement** with the museum.", "contextForm": "arrangement with somebody" }, { "text": "They worked out an arrangement with another company to handle things.", "contextForm": "arrangement with somebody to do something" }, { "text": "They had an arrangement that the children would spend two weeks with each parent.", "contextForm": "arrangement that…" }, { "text": "As far as I know the arrangement still stands." }, { "text": "It's purely a business arrangement—there's no need to get emotionally involved." }, { "text": "an arrangement between the two men" }, { "text": "She made an arrangement with her employer whereby she worked a reduced number of hours." }, { "text": "The company has a special arrangement with the bank." }, { "text": "The couple have an arrangement by which they each contribute equally to the cost of the house." }, { "text": "Under this arrangement you can pay for the goods over a longer period." }, { "text": "Joint custody arrangements do not work for all parents." }, { "text": "Flexible working arrangements are catching on." } ], "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["business", "contractual", "financial"], "verb + arrangement": ["have", "accept", "agree"], "preposition": [ "by (an/the) arrangement", "under an/the arrangement", "arrangement between" ], "phrases": ["by prior arrangement"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a group of things that are organized or placed in a particular order or position; the act of placing things in a particular order", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "plans of the possible seating arrangements" }, { "text": "the art of flower arrangement" }, { "text": "The room was laid out in a traditional arrangement." }, { "text": "Who did this beautiful flower arrangement?" }, { "text": "a complex arrangement of rods and cogs" }, { "text": "You can change the arrangement of the furniture if you want." }, { "text": "Even the physical arrangement of the classroom can influence the way children learn." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["complex", "complicated", "physical"], "verb + arrangement": ["design", "do"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a piece of music that has been changed, for example for another instrument to play", "sensetop": "arrangement (of something) (for something)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "an arrangement of a Mozart aria for clarinet and piano" } ], "topics": ["Music"] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/əˈreɪndʒmənt/", "audio": "ar/arrangement/arrangement__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/əˈreɪndʒmənt/", "audio": "ar/arrangement/arrangement__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": null }