Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of arrange
nounarranging (countable and uncountable, plural arrangings)
plural arrangings
- countableuncountableArrangement.
Strict orders had been given by Mrs. Breen the night before that certain dustings and arrangings of furniture should take place, the spacious stairs swept, and the hectic hired palms in their great china pots watered.
1908, Francis Hopkinson Smith, Peter: A Novel of Which He Is Not the Hero
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
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arranging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arranging
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“arranging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arranging. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arranging,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arranging.
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