arrange
Collocations
14(verb.) plan/organize sth
ADV
easily
with difficulty
My parents managed to arrange the meeting with difficulty because everyone had busy schedules.
hastily, hurriedly, quickly | secretly | specially
VERB + ARRANGE
try to
be able to, can/could
My sister couldn't arrange childcare for the conference, so she had to cancel.
be difficult/easy/possible to
It was difficult to arrange a meeting time that worked for everyone.
PREP
for
My parents arranged for a taxi to pick us up from the airport yesterday.
(verb.) put in order; make neat/attractive
ADV
carefully, neatly
The flowers were neatly arranged in a vase on the dining table.
alphabetically, chronologically, symmetrically, systematically
The teacher asked students to arrange their project folders systematically on the shelf.
PREP
in
The books were arranged in alphabetical order on the library shelf.
into
The teacher arranged the students into pairs for the science project.
PHRASES
arrange sth in alphabetical/chronological order
She arranged all the photos in chronological order before pasting them into the album.