{
    "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
}