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Arrangement

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Narrower term 35

Aestivation 76% connected

The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.

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Alignment 76% connected

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adj…

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Array 76% connected

Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.

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Balance 76% connected

An apparatus for weighing.

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Calendar 76% connected

An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also, a register of the yea…

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Classification 76% connected

The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affi…

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Collusion 76% connected

A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.

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Columniation 76% connected

The employment or arrangement of columns in a structure.

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Composing 76% connected

of Compose

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Composition 76% connected

The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

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Contrivance 76% connected

The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.

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data structure 76% connected

A way of arranging information inside a program.

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Design 76% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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Distribution 76% connected

The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate am…

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Estivation 76% connected

Same as Aestival, Aestivate, etc.

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Fenestration 76% connected

The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (an…

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Formation 76% connected

The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

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Instrumentation 76% connected

The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.

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Lattice 76% connected

Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also latticework.

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Ontology 76% connected

That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as suc…

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Orchestration 76% connected

The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatment of a composition; -- called also instrumentation.

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Ordering 76% connected

of Order

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Ordination 76% connected

The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc.

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Plan 76% connected

A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation o…

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Proportion 76% connected

The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, th…

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Proportionality 76% connected

The state of being in proportion.

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Ramification 76% connected

The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.

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Rearrangement 76% connected

The act of rearranging, or the state of being rearranged.

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Scaffold 76% connected

A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle…

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Tableau 76% connected

A striking and vivid representation; a picture.

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Tableau vivant 76% connected

Same as Tableau, n., 2.

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Tandem 76% connected

One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast.

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Venation 76% connected

The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of an insect, or in the leaves of a plant. See Illust. in Appendix.

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Vernation 76% connected

The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation.

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Composing 76% connected

of Compose

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Composition 76% connected

The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

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Group 76% connected

A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of…

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Grouping 76% connected

of Group

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Opus 76% connected

A work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition.

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Piece 76% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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Planning 76% connected

of Plan

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Preparation 76% connected

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…

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Provision 76% connected

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Arrange 74% connected

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.

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Arrange 74% connected

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.

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Dress 74% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Dress 74% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Place 74% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Place 74% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Set 74% connected

of Set

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Set 74% connected

of Set

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Synonym 6

Agreement 92% connected

State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the mem…

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Arranging 92% connected

of Arrange

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Organization 92% connected

The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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Placement 92% connected

The act of placing, or the state of being placed.

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System 92% connected

An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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Transcription 92% connected

The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions.

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