Entry Word: arrangement

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective <will work out a visitation arrangement in court> — see plan 1
2 the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized <an artistic arrangement of the vases on the shelf> — see format 1
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> — see composition 3
4 the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another <the arrangement of works in the piano recital resulted in pieces of similar mood being played back-to-back> — see order 1