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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music;
[syn: arrangement, arranging, transcription]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

arranging \arranging\ n. the act of arranging a piece of music. Syn: arrangement. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Arrange \Ar*range"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arranged; p. pr. & vb. n. Arranging.] [OE. arayngen, OF. arengier, F. arranger, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. rengier, rangier, F. ranger. See Range, v. t.] 1. To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle. [1913 Webster] So [they] came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets. --Berners. [1913 Webster] [They] were beginning to arrange their hampers. --Boswell. [1913 Webster] A mechanism previously arranged. --Paley. [1913 Webster] 2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking. [1913 Webster] Syn: Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

arranging n 1: the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music [syn: arrangement, arranging, transcription]