{
    "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’."
}