arrangement

1 a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective <will work out a visitation arrangement in court> Synonyms plan, blueprint, design, game, game plan, ground plan, master plan, program, project, road map, scheme, strategy, systemRelated Words collusion, conspiracy, plot; contrivance, device, gambit, maneuver, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick; counterplan, counterstrategy; means, tactic, technique, way; procedure, protocol; conception, idea, projet, proposal, specific(s), specification(s); aim, intent, intention, purpose; diagram, formula, layout, map, pattern, platform, policy, recipe, setup

2 the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized <an artistic arrangement of the vases on the shelf> Synonyms format, configuration, conformation, formation, layout, setout, setupRelated Words design, plan, scheme; composition, constitution, getup, makeup; build, construction, structure

3 the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged <the close arrangement of the figures in the family portrait is meant to be symbolic of their close emotional attachment> Synonyms composition, configuration, constellation, design, form, format, getup, layout, makeup, ordonnance, patternRelated Words motif, theme

4 the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another <the ill-advised arrangement of works in the piano recital resulted in pieces of similar mood being played back-to-back> Synonyms order, array, disposal, disposition, distribution, ordering, sequence, setupRelated Words continuity; precedence, priority; chain, procession, progression, succession; series; aligning (also alining), alignment (also alinement), lining up; design, layout, pattern, structure, systemNear Antonyms confusion, disorder, disorganization, disruption, upset; disconnection, disjointedness